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  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    We've also had a lot of flooding lately. This is one of my favorite rides but as you can see, there is currently a lake in the way. It's a delightful odor.hbwlon8jq3eq.jpg

  • LifeInTheBikeLane
    LifeInTheBikeLane Posts: 345 Member
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    gooseonabike wrote: »
    We've also had a lot of flooding lately. This is one of my favorite rides but as you can see, there is currently a lake in the way. It's a delightful odor.hbwlon8jq3eq.jpg

    Oh jeez! Looks like Houston out there! Hehe
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
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    gooseonabike wrote: »
    We've also had a lot of flooding lately. This is one of my favorite rides but as you can see, there is currently a lake in the way. It's a delightful odor.hbwlon8jq3eq.jpg

    Pssht! You've got a fat bike! Ride right through!
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    I would never treat my bike with such disregard.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
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    How is it treating it with disregard? You bought it to ride, right? Ride the hell out of it, smile and laugh while having fun! Just give it some love and TLC when you get home and it will laugh and smiling along with you!

    Imagine the stories you could tell if you actually rode it through the water instead of saying, "I rode my fat bike down a paved trail, but then there was some water in the way, so I turned around and went home."

    Just sticking to smooth surfaces and never getting it dirty would be like buying a Ferrari La Ferrari and only ever driving it to the coffee shop and never exceeding the speed limit. That car was built for the track and should have its wheels driven off! By babying it all its life is a real shame.
  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    I ride a fat bike, not a pontoon boat. That water is probably 3 to 4 feet deep. Even if it was shallow enough to pass, I don't need water seeping in and ruining my tubeless setup, nor do I want to jack up my bottom bracket. All of my bicycles see plenty of adventure, but I don't do stupid things that could ruin them.

    You make an awful lot of assumptions based on one photo.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
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    gooseonabike wrote: »
    I ride a fat bike, not a pontoon boat. That water is probably 3 to 4 feet deep. Even if it was shallow enough to pass, I don't need water seeping in and ruining my tubeless setup, nor do I want to jack up my bottom bracket. All of my bicycles see plenty of adventure, but I don't do stupid things that could ruin them.

    You make an awful lot of assumptions based on one photo.

    :tongue: I'm just having fun, buddy. Chill.
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,531 Member
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    cowbellsandcoffee Love those bright colors! As a driver, I can appreciate the bright obnoxiousness to see you better with. And dude, do you have two different socks on or is that the shadow playing with my eyes!
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,531 Member
    edited June 2015
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    chivalryder wrote: »
    gooseonabike wrote: »
    I ride a fat bike, not a pontoon boat. That water is probably 3 to 4 feet deep. Even if it was shallow enough to pass, I don't need water seeping in and ruining my tubeless setup, nor do I want to jack up my bottom bracket. All of my bicycles see plenty of adventure, but I don't do stupid things that could ruin them.

    You make an awful lot of assumptions based on one photo.

    :tongue: I'm just having fun, buddy. Chill.


    Boys, boys, boys..... ;);)

    ...and yes, I agree stay out of the water. Turn Around Don't Drown is the mantra.
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
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    Some photos from recent rides:

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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    LifeInTheBikeLane wrote: »
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    That looks fantastic!
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee Love those bright colors! As a driver, I can appreciate the bright obnoxiousness to see you better with. And dude, do you have two different socks on or is that the shadow playing with my eyes!

    Thanks! Yes, those are two different color socks. One pink and one navy. The person who designed them asked that they be sold as such.
  • Just_Ceci
    Just_Ceci Posts: 5,926 Member
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  • denversillygoose
    denversillygoose Posts: 708 Member
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    ^^Great pic!
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,531 Member
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    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee Love those bright colors! As a driver, I can appreciate the bright obnoxiousness to see you better with. And dude, do you have two different socks on or is that the shadow playing with my eyes!

    Thanks! Yes, those are two different color socks. One pink and one navy. The person who designed them asked that they be sold as such.

    So then come winter time you won't mind if I totally steal this idea & put different colored neon kneehighs to go with my neon bright yellow tights, lol B)
  • cowbellsandcoffee
    cowbellsandcoffee Posts: 2,975 Member
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    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee Love those bright colors! As a driver, I can appreciate the bright obnoxiousness to see you better with. And dude, do you have two different socks on or is that the shadow playing with my eyes!

    Thanks! Yes, those are two different color socks. One pink and one navy. The person who designed them asked that they be sold as such.

    So then come winter time you won't mind if I totally steal this idea & put different colored neon kneehighs to go with my neon bright yellow tights, lol B)

    Like this?

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  • Archon2
    Archon2 Posts: 462 Member
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    Passed through some nice farms & fields on my commute home. This is a slightly different route...I think I will keep going this way for a while. Too bad the low sun messed up the lens a bit, because it looked much nicer to the eye!

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  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    edited June 2015
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    From last night...

    My kind of therapy
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    Getting Artsy
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    If you're going to get a flat, this isn't a bad spot to do it. Legitimate shoulder, and the guard rail served as a work bench, bike stand, and chair.
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  • TheBigYin
    TheBigYin Posts: 5,682 Member
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    moving pics (with maps)...

    http://www.kinomap.com/watch/4qr77j
    http://www.kinomap.com/watch/zsbe2d

    (slow, and uneventful to be honest, and best with the sound turned down and some music on instead... but hell, it was finally dry and occasionally sunny, so I braved the howling winds and went out anyway)


  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,531 Member
    edited June 2015
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    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee wrote: »
    allaboutthecake wrote: »
    cowbellsandcoffee Love those bright colors! As a driver, I can appreciate the bright obnoxiousness to see you better with. And dude, do you have two different socks on or is that the shadow playing with my eyes!

    Thanks! Yes, those are two different color socks. One pink and one navy. The person who designed them asked that they be sold as such.

    So then come winter time you won't mind if I totally steal this idea & put different colored neon kneehighs to go with my neon bright yellow tights, lol B)

    Like this?

    gtvalw7gd7fx.jpg
    pt2tvz412b2x.jpg

    YES! and YES! (um, but not the black...lol....) On the shoe wraps, you end up buying 2 pair to swap out the colors?

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