Long ride on a Sam Hillborne

[st nick]

At least it was a long ride for me.

This was last Monday, February 27.

I had planned on 40 miles for this ride.

It was one of those days that weather, the bike, energy levels, motivation and I guess the stars alignments all synched up.

My missus called a few hours into it and wanted to meet on the trail and ride some too.

I already had 30 miles when I meet her and we did 21 together so I had 51 on arrival back home

which would have been a good day for me as 40 or so is usually one of my long rides.

But I decided to go for more on my own so I had a snack and hopped back on the Sam.

When I hit 60 miles and didn't feel like stopping.

Why not try for 70 I thought?

At 70 I thought I'll do 3 more to commemorate an upcoming advancing further into geezer hood birthday.

So it was a long but satisfying unplanned 73 mile ride.

On the route I took I rode south from the northern portion of Dallas county to downtown Dallas, through downtown to Deep Ellum ( that's a funky and artsy area east of downtown).

That area has lots of wall murals.

Then I picked up the Santa Fe trail that leads to White Rock Lake.

I rode the While Rock Lake trails for a while, met up with my Missus and repeated some more of the White Rock trails.

After taking off again from home I rode some of the northern trails and then began to zig zag through familiar neighborhoods to rack up extra miles.

My  Sam was very comfortable on the entire ride.

It sports 700 x 43 Gravel King SS+ tires that help a lot on the bumpy streets of the area.

I was tired at the end and also the next day but the next day my missus wanted to ride to the library in 85 degree temps so we got in 10 more miles. 

I think that 10 miles in the heat helped the soreness.

Some might think upright bars would not work for that sort of distance but they worked fine for me.

At any rate at my age I felt it was a bit of an epic ride.

The attached photos were taken at stops along the way.

Paul in Dallas 

[st nick]

This picture gives some perspective on the fantastic Elephant mural.

Paul in Dallas 

[Eric Marth]

Congrats, Paul, that's a nice ride! 

Thanks for the pics!

[larson....@gmail.com]

Well done! I think anyone would be proud of riding 73 miles.

Randy in Wisconsin

[ascpgh]

Very cool ride Paul. So often destinations make together a chain of miles you never thought you'd compile or set out on purpose to ride. Deb of Rivet Cycleworks is clearly a mural art fan and often shows them as points along her rides documented on her IG feed. 

That fifth picture appears to be by Dan Kitchener, the UK rattle can artist/muralist. He did his first US mural a couple miles from me on the side of a bar that had recently renovated and had an big blank side facing the side street intersection. 

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

[Slacky Mac]

Great ride Paul.  If I may inquire, what handlebars are you using?  They appear to have more flare than my Albatross.  If I make a switch to thumbies, your set up appears ideal - love the Ergons.

I live in "The Town of Murals".  They make for wonderful photo backdrops, and only 3 miles away!  But I like your thinking.  The photo is far better to have been earned.

[lconley]

What stem are you using? I like that a lot better than the open face welded steel stems that Riv carries.

Laing

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 12:59:30 PM UTC-5 jak...@me.com wrote:

Great ride Paul.  If I may inquire, what handlebars are you using?  They appear to have more flare than my Albatross.  If I make a switch to thumbies, your set up appears ideal - love the Ergons.

I live in "The Town of Murals".  They make for wonderful photo backdrops, and only 3 miles away!  But I like your thinking.  The photo is far better to have been earned.

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 8:14:35 AM UTC-5 ascpgh wrote:

Very cool ride Paul. So often destinations make together a chain of miles you never thought you'd compile or set out on purpose to ride. Deb of Rivet Cycleworks is clearly a mural art fan and often shows them as points along her rides documented on her IG feed. 

That fifth picture appears to be by Dan Kitchener, the UK rattle can artist/muralist. He did his first US mural a couple miles from me on the side of a bar that had recently renovated and had an big blank side facing the side street intersection. 

Andy Cheatham

Pittsburgh

On Sunday, March 5, 2023 at 8:19:35 PM UTC-5 Paul in Dallas wrote:

[Tom Horton]

Every yr around my birthday i ride my age  78 coming up

Someday i will lose

Or get an ebike

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 7, 2023, at 1:39 PM, lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote:

What stem are you using? I like that a lot better than the open face welded steel stems that Riv carries.

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[Bob Ehrenbeck]

The Majestic ---> Hillborne. Love it!

Bob E

Cranford, NJ

[st nick]

I just saw inquiry on my Sam's handlebar and stem.

The bars are Sunlite North Road in the alloy version.

They are also offered in a slightly heavier steel version.

The stem is a bit of a Nitto dirt drop knock off I found on amazon.

It works well but the name on it is laughable....Fito.

Paul in Dallas.

[RichS]

Paul, your ride sounds like a lot of fun. Thanks for all the images. I like the spontaneity and variety of terrain/neighborhoods you explored. Reminds me of many of my rides. And of course the Sam is conducive to a just keep riding mindset; knocking out 73 miles is no problem for septuagenarians like us:-)))

Best,

Rich in ATL