| Ride Stats |
|
Distance:
30.70 miles
|
Route:
Long Prairie & Stone Bridge Trail
|
Time: 02:34:26
|
|
Avg Speed:
11.93 mph
|
Max Speed:
0.00 mph
|
Avg HR: 0 bpm
|
|
Max HR: 0 bpm
|
Calories Burned: 0
|
Weight:
185
|
|
Altitude Gain:
0 ft
|
Terrain: Off: Flat
|
Bike: LeMond Poprad Disc CX Road
|
| Club: Secular Cycleism |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny. Windy. SW 10-12 mph.
50°-66° |
Ride Description: From Roland Olson Forest Preserve.
Rode to the end of the trail. At the Capron end parking lot, I met and talked to a guy named "Fletch", we chatted a while, cool guy. He started at the Rockton parking lot.
I told him about bikejournal. I'll keep an eye on the new rider list to see if he signs up.
The brakes felt a little stronger today. I did some research and found out there is a little break in period.
Like yesterday, it got much warmer than predicted. |
|
I stopped to get a picture of the Tricycle tree, near the east end of the Long Prairie Trail and noticed, for the first time, there is also bike inside the bottom of the tree!
I first noticed the "Tricycle Tree" on 11/1/2008. (See my blog for that day)
This tree has a voracious appetite for consuming cycles, So, I kept my new bike a safe distance from the evil Elm.
Or is that a hungry Hickory?
Maybe a malicious Maple?
An odious Oak?
How about an abhorrent Ash?
Would you believe a wicked Willow?
This I do know, since it's a deciduous tree, It's certainly not a sinister Cedar.
I did a little research, and found another bike eating tree near Vashon Island, Washington. (See link below)
www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1412
I just found another one in Scotland...
www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6U8J98
Be careful where you ride. They're out there!
(Insert eerie Theremin music here...)
www.stockmusicsite.com/stockmusic/archive/Dramatic/Halloween-Horror-Music/Spooky-Eerie-Theremin/267673
I got it!!! It's a cycling Sycamore!!! 
80 member views | 5448 total views
report problem |
|
|
|
| My Recent Threads |
9/10 - Google Street View From A Bicy..
8/20 - 2007 Northwest IL Century Ques..
1/8 - 2019 Photo Thread
|
|
more...
