I would have thought that the geographic center of the USA would be pretty indisputable.
Good to have a tailwind on a 93 degree day.
Good to have a tailwind on a 93 degree day.
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Where did you ride your Cannondale today?
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letsbike
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It's not the center of the U.S. It's the center of the world. When you used to turn on Google maps, on a Macintosh computer, it would center over this town because the engineer that made the program grew up there.
There are two geographic centers to the U.S. One if you use a flat map, and another if you use a curved globe. The latter is on a pig farm.
There are two geographic centers to the U.S. One if you use a flat map, and another if you use a curved globe. The latter is on a pig farm.
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letsbike
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We finish up our week long tour tomorrow. It's been fun, but anyone who's had a loaded bike out on the road knows that you have to be willing to suffer, sometimes quite a bit. It's not for everyone. Yesterday's full day on the Flint Hills Rails to Trails was my favorite day so far. Just so beautiful and traffic free. We ran across other riders returning from an overnight bike rendezvous throughout the morning. A neat concept I wish we had in our area.
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Thanks for the photos. We lost a historic oak tree locally when the "Witness Tree" was taken down. Said to be 250 years old, it was used as a surveying point for the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad when it came through the area in the early 1850s.
letsbike
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We rolled into our starting point at 6pm tonight to end the tour. I would rate the week as a success. Despite running only 32mm wide tires, the bike handled the sometimes soft gravel trail pretty well. I think it may take a full day to get the bike back in order though. It's mighty dusty.
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Final ride before winter snooz. Really happy how this bike rides.
JohnnyD
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Winter snooze??? I get the joy of being able to ride year round, and laugh at the people around here who think that 50 F(10 C) is cold.
letsbike
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I know Flat Tyre lives in the land of ice and snow where they put 2 inches of salt on the road for every inch of snowfall. When I was a Ohio commuter I had to replace my cassette/freewheel and chain every spring because of the constant salt water baths.
But if you want to keep your bicycle's motor in peak performance you have to get out there and do the work. Maybe trash a bicycle that's not as special as a Cannondale.
But if you want to keep your bicycle's motor in peak performance you have to get out there and do the work. Maybe trash a bicycle that's not as special as a Cannondale.
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Generally have a long riding season. Have a winter bike for salty roads. For now though, along Lake Erie, snowfall breaking records.
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No snow to amount to anything yet here but we are having highs in the 20s. It's supposed to get to 40 on Wednesday but that's the only day above freezing for the next week. I used to ride in those kind of temps but I am always cold these days.
letsbike
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It's nice to have choices.(but sometimes we don't)
There was no snow in the forecast when I went to work that day, and there wasn't any snow on the ground in the morning. Well, the wind shifted over Lake Erie and brought in the dreaded "Lake Effect" snow. My coworkers were chuckling at me when we left work. I simply said, "Hey, if my bike slides into the ditch because of the snow I pick it up and climb out. What do you do when your car slides into the ditch?" As it turns out the road through the park where I worked had been closed because of the weather, to cars at least; I slipped around the baracades. I rode a good deal of the way home making first tracks in virgin snow in a winter wonderland. One of my best rides ever.
There was no snow in the forecast when I went to work that day, and there wasn't any snow on the ground in the morning. Well, the wind shifted over Lake Erie and brought in the dreaded "Lake Effect" snow. My coworkers were chuckling at me when we left work. I simply said, "Hey, if my bike slides into the ditch because of the snow I pick it up and climb out. What do you do when your car slides into the ditch?" As it turns out the road through the park where I worked had been closed because of the weather, to cars at least; I slipped around the baracades. I rode a good deal of the way home making first tracks in virgin snow in a winter wonderland. One of my best rides ever.
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Quite the snow event. Football fans in Buffalo had to shovel out the stadium to get to their seats. I would have thought they had an existing plan for snow removal but perhaps there wasn't time.