Where in the world has your Riv been?

[John Rinker]

In the thread 'Riding the Levees', Patrick muses about getting riding photos from all over into one album. I'll just add, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a photo of a Riv in every country of the world? Unlikely, maybe, but Rivs have been around for a while and people do travel. I've lived in a few different countries and traveled to others with my Hunq, so I'll kick it off with China,  Nepal, New Zealand, and Japan. 

Jiangsu, China

Annapurna Circuit, Nepal

Motu, New Zealand

Fuji, Lake Yamanako, Japan

Cheers, John

[Gill]

Holy moly you have ridden some amazing places. I can’t name four states I’ve ridden in never mind four countries. Working on Canada this summer though (that’s sorta like another country). Thank you for the inspiration. 

[Matthew Williams]

Oh wow, so cool! Very inspiring.

You've placed the bar quite high.

On Mar 15, 2022, at 5:26 AM, John Rinker <jwri...@gmail.com> wrote:

In the thread 'Riding the Levees', Patrick muses about getting riding photos from all over into one album. I'll just add, wouldn't it be wonderful to have a photo of a Riv in every country of the world? Unlikely, maybe, but Rivs have been around for a while and people do travel. I've lived in a few different countries and traveled to others with my Hunq, so I'll kick it off with China,  Nepal, New Zealand, and Japan. 

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Jiangsu, China

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Annapurna Circuit, Nepal

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Motu, New Zealand

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Fuji, Lake Yamanako, Japan

Cheers, John

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[Eric Norris]

Going back a few years, but here is my Quickbeam during Paris-Brest-Paris 2007, the year that I did that event on a fixed gear. Still perhaps the only Quickbeam to ever complete PBP.

This photo was taken on the return to Paris. As I recall, I had just stopped for coffee in a corner cafe in a small village in the French countryside. The plastic bag on the seat was an attempt to keep it somewhat dry—we were rained on more or less all the time for three days that year—some of the worst weather ever for PBP.

I still have the Quickbeam, which since then has morphed from a fixed gear to a three-speed. Still a great bike.

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[Patrick Moore]

John's and Eric's photos are hard to beat, but don't let that stop others from posting areas much closer to home. 

I do recall hearing of Eric's QB PBP ride; John: Didn't you post about your riding adventures to Nepal on this list a few years ago?

Patrick Moore, who may have hiked over some of the same terrain that John rode in Nepal, tho' in 1968, age 13 (father took me, 13th birthday), when you still saw Tibetan freedom fighters on the trails.

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Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[Patrick Moore]

Oh, and thank you John and Eric for posting!

[Mackenzy Albright]

John - I've come across photos of your bike on the internet previously. Maybe a blog or Rivendell image group? Eitherway - definitely an inspirational setup when building my romanceur. None of my bikes are that well internationally traveled at this point. Small trips around the pacific northwest, island hopping in the Juan De Fuca straight, and parts of Alberta. 

[John Rinker]

Eric, I imagine b/w photo of you on the Quickbeam in the PBP in the rain must look just like those pre-WW2 photos of the Tour. Very cool!

Patrick, Yes, I did share my trip in Nepal a few years back here, and I remember your reflections of hiking the trail in the late 60s. What a blast!

Gill, Matthew and Mackenzy, Anywhere in the world counts- Juan de Fuca, the state where you live, and (being from BC) I can attest that Alberta seems like a foreign country at times. ;)

Cheers, John

[Eric Norris]

John:

Here’s a photo of me at the end of the ride. I felt much worse than I looked.

If you look closely, you’ll see that I’m not wearing shoes. I took them off and could not bring myself to put them back on. I walked over a mile barefoot back to my hotel rather than put on shoes or get back on the bike. Made sense at the time.

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[John Rinker]

Wow, Eric, that's a fine rig! I don't know the topography of the PBP, but I can only imagine that a dude on such a beautiful single-speed must have caused some heads to turn. Perhaps next time you'll just ride the whole thing in bare feet for a real challenge. Ha! 

[Patrick Moore]

Eric: What gear did you use?

All: wonderful photos and reminisces.

[dougP]

CA (home), AZ, WA, OR, UT, MN, WI, Canada, Croatia & Montenegro.  A few shots.  Most have some ID. 

dougP

[John Rinker]

A well-traveled Riv, Doug! Love the firetruck shot as the red and Soviet-MIG green/blue is a nice contrast. Is Dante's View in Death Valley perchance? Also a very nice shot. Thanks for sharing. Our 'Riv's of the World map is growing. 

Cheers,

John

[stevew]

Hi all,

A couple more PBP pix.  These are from 2015.  I'm thinking that there must be at least a few pictures of Rams in Rambouillet.

Steve

[scott minor]

Here's my Homer on the Pelion penninsula in Greece..   

tracing the Pagasetic Gulf

Looking out over the Aegean

olive groves of south Pelion

[John G]

So many interesting places!  I haven't had the opportunity for international travel in years.  I have turned my sights inward,  by exploring local geography more  closely. I started almost exclusively on my Quickbeam, but I have other bikes in the project now as well.  I don't go fast or far on most rides, but I have as many smiles per mile as anyone I know.

I started with riding every road in my home county.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/14612032@N00/collections/72157603929557977/

Then I moved one county East,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/14612032@N00/collections/72157627052923733/

I'm currently working on one county to my west,

https://www.flickr.com/photos/14612032@N00/albums/72157714935564216

And one in PA to the north.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14612032@N00/albums/72157719996084941

Cheers,

John G  Union Bridge, MD

[dougP]

John:  Yes it's been a lot of places.  It seems my photo files are too big to post more than 3 or 4.  The first is a close friend, my wife & I with the Wisconsin state capitol building in the background.  The second one is my wife on the fire truck in Half Moon Bay, CA.  We stayed at a B&B where the guy's instructions to find it were that there was a fire truck parked in front.  The third shot is Dante's View in Death Valley, CA.  The elevation gain from below sea level to the location is 5,400' in 25 miles.  One of the toughest climbs I've ever done. Here's one more.

dougP 

[John Rinker]

A Rambuilette comes home, and that Homer on its Odyssey in Greece seems just as fitting! I hitchhiked around Greece many years ago and, while it was a blast, I'm sure on a Riv it would have been a sublimely wonderful experience. 

John G, I dare say, that your travels in the East may very well win the most miles-ridden award. And Doug, I've camped at Dismal Nitch, which I believe is second in name only to 'Dildo Run Provincial Park' in Newfoundland.

Thanks for sharing! 

Cheers, John

[Pam Bikes]

I'd love a calendar or something with a Riv a day and someone to do it for all the countries, states, etc.  Here's a picture from Key West on the way to the airport before I boxed my Betty to fly home to Charlotte, NC.  

I've also ridden my Betty in Glacier, MT, Philly, Boston, NYC, Portland, ME and OR, Seattle, St Louis, Asheville, Orlando.

[Bill Lindsay]

Here's another way, perhaps unconventional way, to quantify "well traveled":  I've been using Strava to record miles since 2014.  I've been using Wandrer since 2020 to quantify where I've been.  I just recently passed 0.01%.  I've ridden 1 ten-thousandth of the rideable roads on planet Earth (according to Open WSM).  I'm closing in on 1% of the state of California.  A goodly amount of that mileage has been on a number of Rivendells in my stable.  It is indeed possible to be adventurous close to home.  

I am #1 on the Wandrer Leaderboard for Contra Costa County California, the county where I live, and where Rivendell Bicycle Works happens to be.  I'm also #1 in Calaveras County and #4 in Alameda County.  I've got a growing footprint in Wayne County Michigan, where my Sam Hillborne lives.   Wandring is kind of like the OCD version of aimless wandering.  Haha.

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Craig Montgomery]

I swear your bike was pictured in one of the PBP ride reports on the old Fixed Gear Gallery website. Remember them? 

Craig in Tucson

[Craig Montgomery]

Native Americans consider their reservations as independent nations. So this counts...kinda. Day 1, a 2000' climb to about 9000' on the White Mountain Apache Reservation a few years back. '96 All Rounder loaded for bear (saw a couple) on a week's tour of the high country...star gazing...fly fishing (which is world class in this area). 

Craig in Tucson

[Eric Norris]

I’m sure it was. Somebody else took some other photos of it either at the finish or one of the controls. Fixies were just as unusual then at PBP as they are now—really, there’s no good reason to do that ride on a fixed gear. What was I thinking?

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[Ted Durant]

Ireland (Conor Pass, Dingle)

[Ted Durant]

Waterford, Wisconsin :-)

[Ted Durant]

Mt. Diablo, California, of course! (with picture this time) -

[John Hawrylak]

Ted

What Riv model is on the Mt Diablo pic and is it the same one as at Waterford?

John Hawrylak

Woodstown NJ

[Ted Durant]

On Sunday, March 27, 2022 at 5:15:04 PM UTC-7 John Hawrylak wrote:

What Riv model is on the Mt Diablo pic and is it the same one as at Waterford?

That is a Bleriot Protovelo, originally clear coated, with S&S couplers installed by Bilenky. I had Waterford do a  repaint in their Copper Metallic, but I call it Root Beer with a Creamy Head.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI, USA

[John Rinker]

Oh, I think this totally counts, especially since there were bears and fly-fishing involved! 

While it is certainly cool to see photos of Rivs in exotic, faraway places, anywhere in the world counts be it Burkina-Faso or Baltimore. The intention was, in Patrick's words, 'to get riding photos from all over', and we've got some good ones so far. 

Cheers.