anyone go for a ride today? Pics?

[Redman]

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Anyway, we have a mannequin named Glenda in our house, and we rode by Glenda's Dance Place, so we had to take a picture.
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... And.....?
... And you are going to take her there to dance....?

Well, at least you got the bike in the picture, and the reflection of you guys and bike.

I dont know whats more courious; you taking such a picture, or you telling us about this. har har har (but it fits in here).

 

[Redman]

Got out today for a bit of a ride, about an hour and a half.
Today will be last day that will be able to go for ride for about a week.
So, yah, ya'll will get a break from my goofy roadside pictures. Maybe this will help me break this bad habit.

Stopped to look in this blueberry field.
Not ripe yet.

But the next section of the same field, they look more ripe.

I didnt see any irrigation equipment. The bushes look a bit differnt too, must be a different variety.

 

[kerrfunk]

Her name is Glenda because that's her name.
And she's in the house because if she were on the porch, either she'd get stolen or she'd succumb to the weather.

 

[steve murdoch]

Thank you Sir for clearing that up.
Makes perfect sense.
Asking for a friend....does Glenda have a sister?

 

[jswhite]

I got out today after work for a sunset ride.
Twas a beautiful sight.

 

[kerrfunk]

Thank you Sir for clearing that up.
Makes perfect sense.
Asking for a friend....does Glenda have a sister?

Glenda doesn't talk about her family. To be honest, I think she may have PTSD from some event earlier in her life. Most days she doesn't say anything at all, and she hardly ever even changes her clothes.

 

[bobgroger]

I got out today after work for a sunset ride.View attachment 55651
Twas a beautiful sight.

Never been to New Mexico, but I didn't picture Kansas in my mind... You have mountains, right?

 

[Burque73]

I got out today after work for a sunset ride.View attachment 55651
Twas a beautiful sight.

We have the best sunsets, but it's a bear to capture just how magnificent they are.

I'd venture to bet the mountains are visible by looking to the other side of the street. Maybe even volcanoes?? Nice picture!

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Short rides today

Short rides today

Did some short rides today and followed my bicycle routs, just to check their total distance with the odometer.
Took some pics of me on my bike, just wanted to see if I looked like a dork in my Hi-Vis gear.
I spray painted the front of my helmet after reading more stories about left turn crashes.

 

[kerrfunk]

Took some pics of me on my bike, just wanted to see if I looked like a dork in my Hi-Vis gear.
I spray painted the front of my helmet after reading more stories about left turn crashes.

Lookin great, Bill!
I don't care if I "look like a dork in my Hi-Vis gear" (I don't think I do, for that matter). The top four reasons I wear Hi-Vis gear are:
1, visibility
2, visibility
3, visibility
4, armor

I never want any driver to say about me "I just didn't see him!"

I just got a new helmet and was excited how well it matched my jacket:


Compare that to my old helmet (and you can view more of the jacket here):

 

[Buffalo Bill]

kerrfunk, If we had a "Like" button here I would have punched it for your HJC. :encouragement: Probably what inspired me to post my pics.
Actually I wish we had a "Like" button, there would be more encouraging feedback from members. :idea:

 

[storm 64]

Did some short rides today and followed my bicycle routs, just to check their total distance with the odometer.
Took some pics of me on my bike, just wanted to see if I looked like a dork in my Hi-Vis gear.
I spray painted the front of my helmet after reading more stories about left turn crashes.

Yep, still look like a Dork, but a Hi-Vis Dork.

 

[dorkburger]

I like hi viz and don't care about looking dorky - actually I dont even think it looks bad anyway.
My my jacket / pants are black, the jacket being purchased long ago. On trips I wear a hi viz vest over the jacket that I use at work, and it seems that I'm given more leeway in traffic - I still make no assumptions though. I should wear it all of the time, but locally I generally don't.

 

[Buffalo Bill]

Yep, still look like a Dork, but a Hi-Vis Dork. 藍

The best kind of dork to be!!! :encouragement:

 

[jswhite]

You?re right super flat. But if I look in the other direction there are mountains that climb 4000 plus feet from the valley floor.

 

[Burque73]

You?re right super flat. But if I look in the other direction there are mountains that climb 4000 plus feet from the valley floor. View attachment 55670

Here, let's put the rubber back down! Nice view from there of the Sandia's. That means watermelon in Spanish. At sunset the mountains have red and green colors that make them look like a giant watermelon. Maybe you knew that already???

 

[dorkburger]

No pics, but I took a ride tonight. By 11 00 this morning everything was on my last nerve. The ride helped.

 

[cowboyup3371]

A short ride at sunset/in the dark to try and scrub the new tires; the tape and writing is gone from the tires but I still have some nubs on the front I need to get rid of on Saturday.

 

[cowboyup3371]

475 miles today from home to Mount Pleasant, Iowa with pretty much all but the first 50 and last 80 on the slab. Thought I might be able to stay dry based on the projected radar but had to put the rain gear on just before Indianapolis and didn’t take it off until Bloomington IL. I’ll do the last 270 or so miles into Omaha tomorrow and then hope we can finish the work early this week. May decide to take the LONG way home back through Kentucky. Bandit ran great averaging maybe 44mpg or so

 

[Boriqua]

well I will be the dissenting voice on hi viz. I personally don't think its that drivers don't see you .. I think they see you fine .. I think that most of them just think you are unprotected and when they make the left in front of you it is a solid "FU deal with it."

Its your antennae not your clothing that will get you home.

Having said that .. there are times when it may provide added security. Before I left NYC I rode my bicycle to work about 12 miles one way though heavy traffic. I installed one of those blinking led lights on the front and back and damn if you couldn't see it from a mile + away.

I left before the sun was up and often rode home after it was down .. at least the drivers who cared saw me and the ones who didnt had a clear shot.

But in my experience .. they just don't care, thinking you have to give right of way or die and challenge you by doing unsafe stuff. I see it on almost every ride over almost 40 years.