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woodsguy
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@Gravel Guy I had one, just don't remember the gas mileage.
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Nice looking bike!
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Sweetwife and I in Little Rock, downtown…
Working on my Chaco tan….
Working on my Chaco tan….
woodsguy
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Just exploring.
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Big Dam Park, near where lake Maumelle and the Arkansas River meet.
woodsguy
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Thanks for rotating it, couldn't do it on the phone!
I love Texas and Saturday was an awesome day for a ride in East Texas.
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Looking at lots in far NW Arkansas, and into OK.
I like a hand painted political sign. Good luck, Beck.
I like a hand painted political sign. Good luck, Beck.
Jeff S
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Had a great day ride yesterday - first full-day riding in quite a long time. Austin to Alpine, via the Sisters:
Link to this map on Locus
<map nerd stuff>
I've used the Android app Locus for probably 10 years now, but I've started using the web version to plan routes. It takes a little getting used to, but cuts a couple steps out of my previous process. It has a "shortest" routing option that is very aggressive - taking every single shorter route it can find, and some were not legal roads, like this one:
Gates at both ends, so I just stayed on 337 - which isn't a bad alternative. Overall, the route was exactly what I wanted, and took 5 waypoints; Austin, Medina, Camp Wood, Bracketville, Alpine.
</map nerd stuff>
Rained on me for about a hour leaving Austin, the I picked up taco's in Comfort, and had then riverside at the Nueces south of Camp Wood:
Stopped for fuel just outside Amistad, and that's when the skies opened up again. Dropped from 72°F to 50°F in about 2 minutes, and from nice a sunny, to driving rain and north wind so bad that I thought it would blow me off the bridge into the Pecos. Those road cuts on HWY 90 cause a little windy chaos in good weather, but this was a bit harrowing. That let up a little before Dryden, and the rest of the ride into Alpine was cold, but dry.
Route shows 439 miles, and odometer shows 465 (didn't route door to door, just to city outskirts).
New bike did wonderfully: glamor shot outside an art gallery in Bracketville:
Link to this map on Locus
<map nerd stuff>
I've used the Android app Locus for probably 10 years now, but I've started using the web version to plan routes. It takes a little getting used to, but cuts a couple steps out of my previous process. It has a "shortest" routing option that is very aggressive - taking every single shorter route it can find, and some were not legal roads, like this one:
Gates at both ends, so I just stayed on 337 - which isn't a bad alternative. Overall, the route was exactly what I wanted, and took 5 waypoints; Austin, Medina, Camp Wood, Bracketville, Alpine.
</map nerd stuff>
Rained on me for about a hour leaving Austin, the I picked up taco's in Comfort, and had then riverside at the Nueces south of Camp Wood:
Stopped for fuel just outside Amistad, and that's when the skies opened up again. Dropped from 72°F to 50°F in about 2 minutes, and from nice a sunny, to driving rain and north wind so bad that I thought it would blow me off the bridge into the Pecos. Those road cuts on HWY 90 cause a little windy chaos in good weather, but this was a bit harrowing. That let up a little before Dryden, and the rest of the ride into Alpine was cold, but dry.
Route shows 439 miles, and odometer shows 465 (didn't route door to door, just to city outskirts).
New bike did wonderfully: glamor shot outside an art gallery in Bracketville:
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Hi Jeff I couldn't tell what brand your new bike id. It is gorgeous. Triumph?
woodsguy
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Could be an Aprilia?
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Correct, Tuareg 660. I'll start a farkle thread for it one day..
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I sure miss that river crossing. Our 6-acres place was 4 miles away. Perfect place to get in with the tubes, then get out an hour later at our place.
woodsguy
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Had a busy day but got out late for a 90 mile jog on forest service roads. Beautiful evening.
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Somewhere between Round Mountain and Sandy Creek today.
