Today's Ride

...meanwhile, up in the Hinterlands, I got out on my first off-road ride of the season.  Rake, ride, rake some more.... And sweat.   80+ F here today.  Niiiice... (I love heat.)

Here's a selfie with my bike leaning on a tree and a rake leaning on my bike.  Just because....

mattchuck2 wrote

Nice pic Matt, I am scratching my brain trying to figure out where that is. It kinda looks like Rexford as I know there are crew teams that row there but the bridge doesn't look quite right.

mattchuck2 wrote

Nice pic Matt, I am scratching my brain trying to figure out where that is. It kinda looks like Rexford as I know there are crew teams that row there but the bridge doesn't look quite right.

I was wondering about that too.  I don't recognize that dock system.  My guess is a bit west of Rexford somewhere on the Mohawk.<quote author="PeeTex">

Betcha it's looking west from near or at the Mohawk Valley Country Club.  Google Maps guesstimate on my part.  I love maps.

Telemark Dave wrote

I love maps.

One of my favorite FreeBee sites: http://www.hillmap.com

Great for trip planning... But Not sure they make a Hinterlands version.

Telemark Dave wrote

Here's a selfie with my bike leaning on a tree and a rake leaning on my bike.  Just because....

We get it. Hinterlandians like their bikes with a lot of rake. Some just have odd ways of achieving it. That particular method was no doubt thought up by that Sick Bike Rake fellow.

Telemark Dave wrote

Betcha it's looking west from near or at the Mohawk Valley Country Club.  Google Maps guesstimate on my part.  I love maps.

There is a marina there on the east side of the bridge as I recall, but there are also very high cliffs and the bridge is a trestle type and I can't see a superstructure in the pic so that is what has me confused. I will bike down from Newcomb to Schenectady to see a friend and I cross the Rexford Bridge on the way. The cliffs there are amazing and the remains of the old aqueduct are very interesting. I have seen bald eagles nesting in those cliffs.

Snowballs wrote

Telemark Dave wrote

Here's a selfie with my bike leaning on a tree and a rake leaning on my bike.  Just because....

We get it. Hinterlandians like their bikes with a lot of rake. Some just have odd ways of achieving it. That particular method was no doubt thought up by that Sick Bike Rake fellow.

.  Funny guy you are... And yes I like lots of rake...or should I say, slack (head angles).
Hence my 67 degree or so  head angle  Stanton Slackline.  

nepa wrote

Telemark Dave wrote

I love maps.

One of my favorite FreeBee sites: http://www.hillmap.com

Great for trip planning... But Not sure they make a Hinterlands version.

Niiiiice!  Thanks for the link Nepa - seems to work just Jim-dandy for Canuckistan too.  It's now in my favourites.

For Mother's Day my son and I took Poindexter for a nice ride down the Jones Beach bike path and Ocean Parkway extension.  We were going to do some single track in Stillwell Woods here on Long Island, but we decided that it was too nice a day to be in the shade.  The path offers about 17 easy cruising miles of well maintained road.  







Not a bad morning at all.

Riding Slickrock yesterday

nepa wrote

Riding Slickrock yesterday

Nice!  Such a beautiful place, so much fun to ride as well.  How long are you out there?

Chris wrote

Nice!  Such a beautiful place, so much fun to ride as well.  How long are you out there?

Arrived on Sunday.  Spending the day at Arches today, and then headed home tomorrow.  It's a truly awe inspiring landscape.  

SMBA last Thursday, bikes not even leaning on anything..I'm sure some people on here will be offended

Pica!

Chris wrote

SMBA last Thursday, bikes not even leaning on anything..I'm sure some people on here will be offended

Sweeeet,   Bike on crack.    

Looks like the start of a new trend.  

TD

A short detour off my out-the-back-door trails leads to Wilton Wildlife Preserve lands that are ablaze with wild blue lupine at this time of year.  These are from last night's ride:

Adk Jeff wrote

It's a new paradigm, laying bikes on the ground. It's the next big thing I tell ya. :)

K-P singletrack, green trail yesterday:

Neve had a Christmas gift certificate from Toys R Us burning a hole in her pocket.  Not a fan of the place, the smell of plastic gives me a headache.

But you can buy a fat bike for $29.  I didn't buy it, but I rode it around the store until we were kicked out.  Zelda and Neve were mortified.


The Mongoose Stomp

You can also get a full suspension bike for $129.  I almost bought it for MC.