Northern Hemisphere Summer 2024 Photos

[Ted Durant]

Okay, it's officially summer. Near perfect conditions today, lots of sun, not much wind (and what there was came of the lake so nice and cool), fields starting to come up. It's been a wet spring so it's green green green everywhere. Paradise Rd is ... paradise on wheels. Downhill this direction.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI USA

[Bill Lindsay]

My 200k brevet on Saturday included this view of Tomales Bay from the top of the Marshal Wall climb:

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Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[DavidP]

Monday's 20 miles on the Acadia carriage roads was biggest ride we've done as a family but everyone finished in good spirits - amazing riding and scenery. Picnic lunch for five in the Happisack with room to spare.

-Dave

[Ted Durant]

Corn is starting to come up in the town of Trenton ... knee high by the 4th of July, as they say... this is just a few miles from the previous photos I posted, but a different day and a different bike.

Rivendell Road, Joe built, Joe painted, Nitto prototype filet brazed stem chrome plated, Campy Daytona group, some old, shellacked Tressostar bar tape. I've been putting a lot more miles on this bike this year than in past years. It was my "fast group ride" bike, but I haven't done any group rides for many years, so now it's just my fast bike.

[M Talley]

Hi Dave,

I'm curios about your silver Riv'd bike pictured. Is it old or new? It looks like a classic late 80s / early 90s MTB. Also your images remind me how I'd like to get back to Acadia. Having been there as a teen 40-something years ago.

Another thing that brought my memories back - over this last winter I met a bike shop owner from near there in Maine. While out riding a greenway trail in NC,
Bob seemed to shadow me because I was riding a steel road bike - we had a good conversation.  I looked up his shop only by his first name (as he pointed out, the population of my major Southern city was more than all of Maine.)  He is Bob Shields of Southwest Cycle in Southwest Harbor, ME

- Mark - a very infrequent RBW group participant

[Hoch in ut]

Happy 4th!

[DavidP]

Mark - my silver bike is an early 2000s aluminum framed Marin MTB. The brushed aluminum frame is what caught my attention when it popped up locally. I rebuilt it from the frame up as kind of an ATB cruiser and use it as my vacation / campground bike. I love the way it rides.

There are some photos from when it was built over in this BikeForums thread: https://www.bikeforums.net/23054376-post1150.html

That's a nice story about meeting Bob Shields. I remember seeing the Southwest Cycle shop as we drove down Main street in Southwest Harbor on our recent trip.

-Dave

[Francis Ted Fay]

New Riv. :-)

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[Jay]

One facet about the northern hemisphere is you never know what you'll get in terms of temperature.  Went for a ride last week, morning temp was 7.8C.  A few days before, 42C with humidity, and now it's about 36C with humidity.  I love all times of year, as long as I can ride weekly.

This was a 65km mixed surface ride from home and back.  20km on quiet roads, 45km on a rail trail.  The Roadini is now my favourite bike of all time.  I'm retiring my road bike, as I have two wheel sets for this bike, one with 43mm for mixed/gravel, and a set with fast 30mm tires.

[Mike Rossi]

Almost too hot, or humid, to be riding, but I made it to the ruins of the Carhartt mansion by the Catawba River this morning. The Susie navigates the more difficult trails around the area better than I expected.

[Nicholas A]

Maiden voyage for my Homer yesterday afternoon, looking over towards the north side of Dublin where you can see it is pouring down with rain!

[John Bokman]

Nice shot Nicholas. So now you've got a Sam and a Homer; Will be interested to hear ride reports about how they compare and differ, if you so choose.

John

[Josh C]

[Keith Paugh]

Can’t think of a more proper setting for an Atlantis in the wild.

👌

k.

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[Eric Marth]

@mwillrossi: I definitely feel you on the too hot, too humid front. Brutal here in Virginia 

@Nicholas: Dang, I love photos with rain in the distance, thanks for sharing this one!

[Andrew Scherer]

New Homer build on it's second ride at Blue Mountain Reservoir in Saugerties, NY

Andy Scherer

Manhattan & Woodstock NY USA

[Keith Paugh]

Looks like a beautiful spot Andy!

Here’s one from the Baylands yesterday:

Keith Paugh

Palo Alto, CA

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[Ted Fay]

Fabulous. Now this is beginning to look more and more like a photo contest. 

Ted

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Looks like a beautiful spot Andy!

Here’s one from the Baylands yesterday:

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[Matthew Williams]

Monday’s ride, from Concord through Walnut Creek, Moraga, Canyon, and over the hill to Montclair and Berkeley.

Thanks Adam, for the recommendations!

[Eric Marth]

It's been miserably hot and humid here in Virginia for the past few weeks. Currently 97º and 44% humidity. High of 100º tomorrow. 

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[Josh C]

It's a hot one here in central Indiana but I talked my kid into an ~18-mile ride on some rail trail.