Roadside Mysteries

Here are some pictures taken by Richard Harrington at this year’s Tour de Fat. Bloco em Foco hung around the tennis courts near the trolley depot to play for the riders. Some of the bike riders stopped a moment to dance or jam with us:

Fort Collins’ Tour de Fat is Tomorrow Morning!

Main Stage is going up today

More stuff in the truck

What’s with these chairs?

Monster bike and some other bikes

I have yet to try this out…

It’s the BUSTANG!

Looks like you could put a few bikes on the front of this bus and ride out to the Denver Bus Station from Fort Collins for only $10 ($7.50 for seniors). Maybe I’ll do this on a fine Fall day when I find some free time.

We’ve seen ’em in Copenhagen:

A covered bike rack

Not much rain around here, but why not take good care of your bike and store it under a roof just in case? …and a lot of NoCo’s have bikes that cost more than their cars so having that extra protection is worth it.

And Double-decker racks no less

I guess that works, but this area ain’t all that urban. Big cities have them to save space but I wonder if these were cheaper than building a larger enclosure? Note that the upper racks lift down for loading. There is a spring-loaded hook to keep the front wheel stable and rails for cable locks. I’ll check these out on rainy mornings to see how often they get used.

And what do I have to show for it?

OK, how about using Duncan Madog as (dead) weight for ride conditioning?

What makes this picture unique is that it is a WiFi Selfie. I needed to replace my camera (again!) and this time I bought a Canon ELPH340HS because it had high ISO for the price, I guess. Whatever, while it has a weird battery that I must deal with, it also can act as a WiFi node to connect to other devices like my iPad. This means that I can adjust the picture by viewing it on the iPad then activate the shutter via said iPad (not shown in the picture for obvious reasons). This could be useful for Ragbrai maybe? I don’t know, wait and see..

Remember Maxwell’s Farm ? His grandpaw had a trail named after him:

Stuff you gotta have on this path

OK, maybe some people brought a patch kit and a pump but didn’t know how to use them. This is that path that takes you past the big ‘A’ in the foothills up to the Horsetooth Reservoir. Kind of rough and no shade trees anywhere. On a hot day like today what dummy would be out taking this route?

View of the stadium looking east

You don’t get this view unless you take the path. It is of course Hughes Stadium, home to the CSU RAMS football club and Sonny Lubick Field. Bob Dylan recorded a live concert album here. Some football was played.  These people don’t want this stadium anymore. These people want to keep it. Who will win out?

OK, besides water and food, and things to fix a flat, what else do you bring?

How about a crappy bike,  a cart, a corgi dog, and a banjo? The word on the street is “DON’T DO THIS EVER AGAIN!” Not the best way to train for RAGBRAI and things could have gone sour fast. Although Duncan rode most of the way, he had to help pull us up some steep parts which was not his style. When we got to the edge of the reservoir, Duncan made a mad dash for the water and jumped in.  I have never seen him do that before.. must have been one hot dog.