Sharing your winter ride photos northern hemisphere Spring 2023

[Ted Durant]

Ok, it's spring astronomically, but in Wisconsin not so much so meteorologically. So, first sort of spring ride for me today, 45 miles or so up the lake and back the river. Chilly northeast wind off the lake, mostly a tailwind coming home at least. Looking forward to warmer temps and seeing some signs of green some day.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee WI USA

[Eric Marth]

Nice, Ted, thanks for kicking off our Spring thread!

[Ted Durant]

Well, either people are being quiet, or they are busy, or maybe they are like me, still getting snow. We had 10" (40cm) Saturday. It hasn't warmed up much but it's been sunny, so the roads are clear and mostly dry. The wind was off the lake, so it was a pretty brisk ride today. On the Blues Trail, for music fans. It's not actually a trail, though. Just a nice spot on the road, next to a scenic little waterfall.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee (well, Grafton in the photo here) Wisconsin USA

[John Rinker]

Yowza Ted, that Breadwinner is a beaut! Great color scheme.

Cheers, John

[Ted Durant]

Thanks! Green grass, blue skies, white clouds… another couple of months and we’ll have that here in Wisconsin!

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

[Luke Hendrickson]

New ride! Just ripped all over Marin with it today. 

[Takashi]

Thank you for starting the thread Ted. Seems like you are going to have some more winter days.

It was raining heavily last weekend and I'm visiting my parents coming weekend, so no chance to go for a long-ish ride.

I managed to go for a brief ride this evening after work.

We are having extraordinarily warm days, and cherry trees are in full bloom now, about 2 weeks earlier than last year.

Here are a few pictures of a magnificent weeping cherry tree, about 5-minute ride away from my room.

Takashi

[Ted Durant]

Luke - FUN looking Wolverine!

Takashi - wow, it's going to be hard to top that for Spring photos!

Ted Durant

Milwaukee Wisconsin USA

[Luke Hendrickson]

Thanks much, Ted! The 50mm tires make a difference even though nothing is as plush as my Atlantis with 57mm G-Ones. 

Takashi – I concur with Ted. Lovely, idyllic snaps there. Can’t wait to see more from your part of the world. 

[Patrick Moore]

Hah. Our late winter weather has resulted in an uptick in cold rain, temps ~10*F lower than average, and mud. I had fun riding the 1999 Joe Starck 26" wheel fixed gear Road Custom gofast with 26X1.8" Naches Passes (but measuring only about 39 mm on 19 mm OW Sun M14A rims) on ditchbank roads, but all I got was splatter and grit, which I had to clean off today.

Attached photo ante luto. (Before Mud.)

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Patrick Moore

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

[John Rinker]

Bluebird day here in BC! Still lots of snow in the mountains, but it's disappearing fast in the sun along the Kootenay River. Almost time to start swimming.

Cheers, John

[Keith P.]

A quick between-rain-storm ride with the boys. This is unfortunately, about as "winter" as we get out here.

And one of the donut-getter fulfilling the measure of its creation:

 

Keith

Los Angeles, CA

[Eric Marth]

I took a ride over the river and sat and read in the sunshine for a bit today. Beautiful and perfect here in Virginia today. 

[Steven Sweedler]

Eric,  Beautiful  Redbuds, they will bloom in New Hampshire in another month. Steve

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Plymouth, New Hampshire

[J Schwartz]

first shakedown ride after completely rebuilding my SH 

It's a first gen (2009) old green/gold one that I had painted last year

Still dialing a few things in and needs some adjustments but did about 25 miles this afternoon in really good early spring light.

Not too much blooming yet except the skunk cabbage.

[Jason Fuller]

I was on the Brompton this afternoon rather than a Rivendell, but I happened across a street with impressive cherry / plum blossom trees and had to share.  For good measure, I'm including a photo from 24 hours before, on a 120km ride on the Hillborne - still got some latent winter weather showing up without welcome! 

[Takashi]

Eric, it must have been a very pleasant time reading in that beautiful place.

Here in Nagano, it's this brief time in a year when you can enjoy cherry blossoms and peach blossoms at the same time.

Some photos from today's 1-hour ride after work:

Takashi

[DavidP]

Takashi, thanks for sharing the blossoms!

Today I got the newly fendered Platypus out for short lunch time ride. Not much budding yet here.

-Dave (near Boston)

[Eric Marth]

Takashi's spring pictures are certainly something to look forward to! 

[Takashi]

Dave and Eric, thank you, I'm glad that you liked the photos.

We had heavy rainfall yesterday, and cherry blossoms have mostly fallen. I can still enjoy peach blossoms.

I think I posted a similar photo last year, but anyway...

Takashi

[Ted Durant]

I realize now that I left the word "winter" in the subject line when I created this thread. Maybe a Freudian slip given our early Spring weather! 

Anyway, I'm on Cape Cod for a week, riding my trusty and rusty old Fuji America. It's just starting to look and feel like spring here.

Ted Durant

[JohnS]

Ted, nice picture of your bike and the lighthouse. Which one is that? I'll be on the upper Cape in the beginning of July. Always enjoy the riding there.

JohnS

[Ted Durant]

On Apr 11, 2023, at 1:29 PM, JohnS <shar...@gmail.com> wrote:

Ted, nice picture of your bike and the lighthouse. Which one is that? 

Thanks John! That’s Nauset light, between Eastham and Welfleet. 

Ted Durant

[Eric Marth]

I rode some of the city watershed trails yesterday afternoon. 

[Gary L]

I think winter is officially gone here. The flowers think so anyway. Super cool bridge near Asheville.

[Stephen]

Spending some nice spring days in NC, one of my favorite rides nearby my hometown is to and around around kings mountain battleground. Every time I ride the ram I think it might just be my favorite bike ever.

[Takashi]

Ted, I like the color of your Fuji. Beautiful.

Eric, your photos make me feel that I just HAVE to go ride coming weekend.

Takashi

[Eric Marth]

Thanks, Takashi! 

Here's a grainy cell phone pic from this evening between rains and a pending storm. 

[Ted Durant]

On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 9:50:27 AM UTC-4 Takashi wrote:

Ted, I like the color of your Fuji. Beautiful.

Thanks! I really like it and have been talking to a builder/painter about doing a resto-mod on it. Unfortunately it's been crashed and, while it's straight, there are cracks around some of the joints. So, I may end up having him build me a custom that replicates the paint scheme. :-)

 

Eric, your photos make me feel that I just HAVE to go ride coming weekend.

 

Agreed! Eric's photos are fabulous.

Last day of "Cape Cod Bike Camp" for me yesterday, did 75km around what my step-sister calls "the Alps of Truro and Wellfleet" to make 270km total for the week. Lots of scenery like this. 

Ted Durant

[Takashi]

I just noticed that Gary's Hunqa and Stephen's Ram are equipped with Albastache bars.

I recently bought Albastache and put it on my Hunqa, and rode it on Sunday. Seems that it works well so far.

It was a windy day and trees made rustling sounds. Hearing them, a portion of a short story "The Spring Tune" by Tove Jansson (from the book "Tales from Moominvalley") came into my mind:

“It’s the right evening for a tune,” Snufkin thought. A new tune, one part expectation, two parts spring sadness, and for the rest just the great delight of walking alone and liking it.

Takashi

[Fred Marsh]

It's been a pretty mild winter in Chicagoland. Our biggest hurdle now is traffic and safety.

[Miles T]

We’ve had some back and forth weather here in NYC the past few weeks… to the point where my friend and I were both joking about sticking our hands out the window each day to figure out what we’re going to wear. Lots of wind too… Luckily, I got out for a fun ride on a chilly but clear day w/ my newly completed Platypus:

Can’t wait to see more spring and summer ride posts to come. Enjoy the ride everyone! 

Miles 

[DavidP]

Congrats on the new Platy, Miles!

I got the Platypus out on a beautiful Spring morning - cool and clear with buds and blossoms.

Keep riding (and taking photos)!

-Dave (near Boston)

[JohnS]

Great pics everyone, very much enjoying them.

Here's a few from last Sunday when I rode along the D&L trail from Slatington north to the observation deck, just south of Jim Thorpe.

View from the deck.

Quickbeam in the sun.

Along the canal, just north of Walnutport.

JohnS

[Bicycle Belle Ding Ding!]

Ok, that’s it, I’m moving to Japan where I will find Takashi and beg him to take me to all these trees. I don’t have any photos that could match his for beauty, but what I have, I give you…

[Eric Marth]

Had a nice ride around Richmond this weekend, multi-surface loop. Ran into the Crust crew at a cafe and joined Matt and Cheech for some snacks. 

[Ted Durant]

Great bridge shot, Eric, and beautiful flowers, Leah.

Just a reminder that this is the "_winter_ ride photos northern hemisphere Spring 2023". So, mid-30's (about 2 degrees for the rest of the world) in Windsconsin today, and the rain and sleet that was supposed to arrive in the afternoon showed up mid-ride for me. My riding goal for this year is "Ride lots. Enjoy all of it." I'll enjoy some rides more than others.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

[Piaw Na]

Here are mine from today: https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/2TVn70XjQf-wVrMjT2uP5g.d7awc2uVNciNWtE3U_QWxV

Yesterday I took the family on a hike/drive trip down the backside of Mt. Hamilton, and it looks like Highway 130/San Antonio Valley Road/Mines road is now at peak flowering: https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared/y3rJ4iLJQ_OPyEReEb6XFw.FJMcAkwgHzLkL5siCX6LjJ

[Ryan Bolesta]

Picture of my Sam from a fun,  challenging, and very muddy ride I did last week outside of Boulder, Colorado!

[mm]

Clem L at the car show.

[Stephanie A.]

All of those colors are breathtaking, Takashi!

[greenteadrinkers]

A handful of images from this past Saturday.

[Takashi]

Leah and Stephanie, thank you.

Leah, those flowers are lovely, AND you have that beautiful raspberry Platypus!

Dave, wonderful morning ride photos. I'm lazy so I usually wake up late on weekends, but your photos make me thing that I should get up earlier and go ride.

Ryan, that's a great view of white mountains.

I rode around Kakizore Ravine on Sunday. Here are some pictures:

Green leaves are popping out, and it almost felt like early summer.

Wild cherries usually bloom later than cherries in town. I think they are slightly different species.

Kakizore River is a beautiful river with blue-green water.

I ate lunch on the bank and went back home. Flowers on opposite side of the river are azaleas. They're everywhere around here.

Takashi

[Cyclofiend Jim]

The rains seem to have finally moved on, and some steady sunny days have already baked out parts of the trails. Wild Iris popping up trailside. Quickbeam in the background. 

Feels good to be riding.

Jim / cyclofiend

[Bikie#4646]

My brother-in-law has been visiting his elderly father for three weeks and needed to stretch his legs. We did a 42-miles mixed surface country ride rambling around on our Homers through upper Cumberland county, Va. on a bright, cool, beautiful day. Life is good on a bike!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikecrazy-paul/albums/72177720307788075

Paul Germain

Midlothian, Virginia, where all the place names have English or Native American origins.

[larson....@gmail.com]

Spring is slow to arrive in southwestern Wisconsin this year, and miles have been earned. Cold winds and snow squalls alternating with sun seem to be the norm, even more so than usual. The woods is starting to green and the bloodroot blooming, so warmer days are coming!

Randy

"Spring hopes eternal"

[WETH]

In celebration of National Parks week here in the United States, I rode my Hunq along the C&O Canal on Monday.  

[Bikie#4646]

Erl, that Hunq looks like it means business! Very nice. Beautiful photos too.

I've watched you try a number of Rivendells over time, but this one looks like a keeper.

Paul Germain

Midlothian, Va.

[John Rinker]

Very groovy looking Hunq, Weth! How big are those tires? Bikie's right. They mean business!

Cheers, John

[Paul Lamontagne]

Gorgeous day for a Platypus ride among ponds and farmland here in west central Indiana. Spotted some migrating birds swimming in a protected pond but couldn’t get close enough for a positive id. Looked like some form of goose. Couple of weeks ago we had pelicans come through. They were an impressive sight. 

Paul Lamontagne 

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[Bryce Lackey]

Really starting to get excited for spring. Here's a snap from a recent shakedown ride on my Sam, in preparation for a tour on the CO canal.

[Steve]

Bryce, nice touring set up. How'd tha Sam do with that load?

[Tony Lockhart]

Great ride today (South Pas, San Marino, Rosemead, Pasadena, bagel stop for my kids, back home). Here’s a quick snapshot from the CalTech campus on a cool, gray day in LA.

[Dan Bluestein]

I don't think I've seen anybody in this group post a gold Homer yet so I'll stop lurking and share mine, with a few wildflowers blooming behind it. Shot yesterday, riding home from Walnut Creek accompanying my neighbor who picked up a new Clem. The California poppies are popping up like crazy around here, sorry I don't have a good photo of them to share.

Dan

[WETH]

Thanks John and Paul.  It is a keeper!  The tire size is 27.5 x 2.35 and makes for a great ride.

All the best,

Erl

On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 12:21:07 AM UTC-4 John Rinker wrote:

[Steve]

Time for something from the southeast:  

Rambled around on fire roads in Bent Creek in the Pisgah National Forest, capped off with a short but sweet descent on the Blue Ridge Parkway. My first longer ride of the season -  whoopie!   (Excuse the non-Riv pics, but I do have a space reserved  in the garage for one when the time is right)

[DavidP]

Enjoying a May morning on the Platypus

-Dave

[Ryan]

Love that gold Homer...and the gold Sam

Not so green in Winnipeg right now but will start to green up in the next week or so

[Ted Durant]

Ok, it finally feels like spring here in SE Wisconsin. Sometimes you don't need to ride far for the photo. This is my front yard :-)

[Eric Marth]

Hello friends — Here's one from my lunchtime trail ride today.

[JW]

Nice, Eric. Glad to see you getting use out of that build!

Here's one from my lunchtime trail ride today.

[DavidP]

Great looking Platy, JW!

Here's one from a recent road ride (not on a Riv - Soma Pescadero). The blossoms are just about finishing up here.

-Dave

[Stephen]

Took a nice little ride out to Shirley Chisholm Park and then to Rockaways here in ny this week.

[Patrick Moore]

So ... so green!

Thanks to generous snowfall this past winter the RG is now in flood and encroaching on low-lying bike trails adjacent to the banks. The cottonwoods are now almost fully-fledged, but it ain't green like these other photos.

Photos taken in haste on way to church last Sunday morning along Paseo del Norte Rio Grande bridge.

Patrick Moore, in high desert ABQ, where "green" is a relative term.

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Patrick Moore

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

[J Schwartz]

a nice but somewhat brutalizing 25 miler of steep climbing on gravel on our first real hot day yesterday in Clarence Fahnestock park, New York

[RichS]

It appears winter has left upsate NY. Nice looking machines and a gorgeous area to ride. I'm envious.

Best,

Rich in ATL 

[Miles T]

Must have just missed you Stephen. I love Shirley Chisholm state park! Had the platy out there last week as well. 

[larson....@gmail.com]

A couple of images from a recent mixed terrain ride in the Driftless area.

Randy in WI

[Drew Fitchette]

Picture of my Atlantis on a ride out on the Beltline here in Atlanta. 

- Drew

 

[Ted Durant]

Memorial Day is traditionally the start of summer here in Wisconsin, so today is the "last day of spring." Warm sunshine and a cold breeze off the lake, where the water is barely 50F. The trees are finally leafing out and hope springs eternal, including some optimists who plan to make wine here. The original Heron prototype basking in the sunshine, halfway around a 63km loop. 

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

[J G]

Beautiful day for a ride Ted.

Just got back from a 45 mile loop myself and thought you might recognize this one.

Top of the high bridge in St. Paul, MN via the Ohio street hill from river bottoms below.

[Ted Durant]

On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 1:27:59 PM UTC-5 cjus...@gmail.com wrote:

Just got back from a 45 mile loop myself and thought you might recognize this one.

 Now that's a handsome bike :-)

For those who don't know ... that Waterford-built Riv ATB used to be mine. My first Riv, in fact.

[R Shannon]

That's a pair of handsome bikes alright! Loaded or light — take your pick. Nice history too.

Ted, what is the gearing on the front of your Heron?

Best,

Rich in ATL 

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[Ted Durant]

On Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 2:35:27 PM UTC-5 RichS wrote:

Ted, what is the gearing on the front of your Heron?

48/34 Velo-Orange Drillium

Great road bike setup. The drop from the 48 to the 34 is on the verge of being too big, but it's nice to have the 34t small ring.

[R Shannon]

Thanks Ted. The VO drillium looks perfect with the Heron frame.

Regards,

- Rich

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[DavidP]

Golden hour trails on the Platypus.

-Dave (near Boston, where it's starting to look a lot like summer)

[Steve]

David - Sweet looking Platy, I dig your build -  It wears those fenders well.

 I've been daydreaming about my next bike and am gravitating toward a Platy, or possibly a Suzy/Wolbis.  If you don't mind a few questions;  

- I'm guessing VO Fluted 63mm fenders?  

- How wide are those Gravel Kings,  and are they 650b or 700c? 

Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks!!!

[DavidP]

Steve - Thanks, yes VO Fluted 63mm fenders and 700x50 Gravel Kings. There's a detailed post about the fender setup in this thread: https://groups.google.com/g/rbw-owners-bunch/c/TZyZuR9pWhc/m/i0wRKPqXBQAJ

I've really enjoyed this setup - it's a fantastic all-rounder and does great on easy trails while being zippy on pavement. For something more trail oriented or if you wanted fenders and larger (or knobbier) tires then a Suzy (or the lugged replacement) or a Clem would be a better fit.

[John Rinker]

The Atlantis, ready to set sail during high water in the Slocan Valley.

Cheers, John

[mm]

Clem on the beach!

[Josh (BertoBerg)]

It was 65 and overcast in the Seattle area yesterday. A lovely Spring day for a ride! I took my Waterford-made Homer out for a 70 mile loop with friends.

Josh Youngberg

Bainbridge Island, WA

USA