33 mile round trip to the pub for a pint and lunch. This is the best time of year for the weather here in the Sonoran Desert. Looks like it’s about time to clean the Redline up again this afternoon. It’s really dusty and the chain is starting to get a bit noisy too and I can’t stand that.
33 mile round trip to the pub for a pint and lunch. This is the best time of year for the weather here in the Sonoran Desert. Looks like it’s about time to clean the Redline up again this afternoon. It’s really dusty and the chain is starting to get a bit noisy too and I can’t stand that. View attachment 1022527View attachment 1022528
A few weeks ago - a ride to one of the local brick and mortars - the owner has been in the game for ages. One of these days I’ll learn how to take pictures right side up…
Very windy yet again today. Didn't plan to ride, but when popping out for coffee in the morning I ran into the rider of this:
Lovely young chap, a Brit out here to ride from Melbourne to Sydney via Canberra. He'd already done 40km on dirt roads and had another 100 or so to go, with 90kph gusty winds and occasional showers to make it interesting. That got me motivated -- as well as having my '99 Explosif back out of storage after more than a year. When it went in, I hadn't resolved a front derailleur shifting issue, but when it was back, it only took a few minutes to get it sorted. So took off late -- around 6pm -- when the wind had dropped a bit, and did a nice, easy 20k around my favourite badlands. This included reaching the banks of the Shoalhaven River, where people sometimes still pan for gold.
I could hear a Sacred Kingfisher somewhere in the trees, but could't catch sight of it -- lovely birds, if not as jewel-like as the little Malachites and Azures associated with the species. Then I found one small child's boot:
Found a new section of track had been opened up, which the Explosif ate up without effort.
This took us past a dramatic treestump, legacy of many a bushfire:
And so home, with alternating clouds and sunshine making for some pretty views. I'd like to think those sheep were as impressed with the Explosif as I was.
