May 2026 Photos!

[Ted Durant]

First ride of May, and my first time riding in Colorado. Pal Eric gave me a tour around Longmont. Alas, we did not ride into the town of Berthoud, where my saddle might have felt at home except they pronounce it funny here.

Ted Durant

Milwaukee, WI, USA

[Jay]

Looks like a nice place to ride, Ted.  Haha - that's funny about the saddle!

I took the morning off work to go out on a 3hr ride.  First rail trail of the year (I'm not really a fan of riding on them for long, I prefer more change in surface and hills, but they're good as a connector).  These cows wouldn't give me any attention, maybe it was the saddle ;-)

[Ted]

Great minds Jay!

I also took the day off to ride and spent about 3h in the saddle starting from Ottawa and getting up into Gatineau Park and back. Most of the ride was on paved pathways and roads closed to cars, plus this little bit of trail.

There was a thick layer of frost in the AM and a stiff breeze but the sun was warm and it was awesome to be out.

Oh? You noticed? Why yes, this is a brand new to me XTR derailleur, thank you for asking (it's my first XTR anything).

My brother found it and gifted it to me for my birthday. I just about lost my mind when I opened it.

[John Dewey]

How many miles on that beautiful back-country gravel? Looks to be easy on the tires. 

Do the local farm dogs enjoy a spirited chase? Just can’t let ‘em get a good angle. 

Jock

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[Ryan Fleming]

You're lucky to have a nice brother like that :) Always did like that early XTR stuff. Very nice

[Tony Lockhart]

Sam outside of the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, CA.

[Bill Lindsay]

Alfred Nobel patented Dynamite in 1867 and it made him enormously wealthy, leading him to sponsor the Nobel Prize.  

The Giant Powder Company in San Francisco was the first company to manufacture dynamite on Nobel's patent.  Business was brisk, but the factories kept exploding.  They wanted to stay in business while killing fewer people so over the next several years they kept moving to more and more remote locations, finally settling at Point Pinole in the nether-regions of Richmond, CA.  

The old site of the Giant Powder Company (which was acquired by the Atlas Powder Company) is now a large park, crisscrossed by a network of trails, all small-gauge-railroad-graded.  Some are paved, most are dirt or gravel.  Some are brick.  It's a great place to ride, walk and run.  If Richmond CA was the USA, then Point Pinole is the Olympic Peninsula (Seattle) of Richmond.  

I was out there today on Legolas:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/45758191@N04/55244744000/in/datetaken/

Bill Lindsay

El Cerrito, CA

[Keith Paugh]

Nice one Tony

k.

On May 2, 2026, at 11:09 AM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote:

Alfred Nobel patented Dynamite in 1867 and it made him enormously wealthy, leading him to sponsor the Nobel Prize.  

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[JohnS]

Bill,

The Legolas is looking good. What's the story on the fixed gear Pogliaghi? Columbus spirit tubing, it should have a sweet ride. 

JohnS