Non-cyclists are missing out big!

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
:: From today's almost-daily diary entry at
:: www.ChainReaction.com/diary.htm
::
:: 04/20/04- NON-CYCLISTS ARE MISSING OUT BIG. You should probably
:: feel sorry for them. I was thinking this today as Kevin & I were on
:: the return leg of our Tuesday/Thursday ride, heading up the west
:: side of Old LaHonda. The world passes by at exactly the right speed
:: when you're on a bike.
::
:: You see that mountain off in the distance? If you're on foot, it
:: could be a day (or two) away. By car, and you miss most of the
:: little things that define what makes a region unique... the smells,
:: the sounds of nearby creeks, the birds & deer that (usually) move on
:: just before you get there. The so-called Bay Area Microclimates that
:: you get to experience in real time. The changes in topography, as
:: gentle hills give way to steep climbs & twisty descents. The unique
:: perspective on even subtle breezes, which cycling dramatically
:: enhances your sensitivity to.
::
:: Just two hours on my bike and I've experienced what most people
:: spend an entire vacation looking for (and often don't find), and
:: there's no "travel time" wasted getting there. No plane trip, no
:: long car drive. You just head out your front door, get on your bike
:: and ride. Lance is wrong. It's all about the bike! Nothing else
:: even comes close.
::

I'm so feeling you, man....

:: --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles
:: http://www.ChainReactionBicycles.com

Mike Jacoubowsky said:

I was thinking this today as Kevin & I were on the return leg of
our Tuesday/Thursday ride, heading up the west side of Old LaHonda.

Hey Mike, how did you like the view from Old La Honda west this
morning? Not a cloud in sight, and a deep blue ribbon of ocean
contrasting with the light blue of the sky. The grasses looked
greener, too.

What a contrast from yesterday, when the upper 1000 feet of the
hills were shrouded with wet clouds and hammered with a bitter wind.
I thought I would never get warm and dry again.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

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Hey Mike, how did you like the view from Old La Honda west this
morning? Not a cloud in sight, and a deep blue ribbon of ocean
contrasting with the light blue of the sky. The grasses looked
greener, too.

It *was* really nice, and very green. I even anticipated that and brought
my camera but... Kevin & Steve weren't cooperating. I was trying to keep
them in check right as you go around that corner with the world's greatest
view (and it certainly was!) and had no time to get the camera out.
Probably wouldn't have mattered because it was still fairly cool (maybe 48
degrees) and the lens would have fogged up pretty bad from the temp change
between jersey pocket and open air.

--Mike--
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com

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Mike Jacoubowsky said:

I was thinking this today as Kevin & I were on the return leg of
our Tuesday/Thursday ride, heading up the west side of Old LaHonda.

Hey Mike, how did you like the view from Old La Honda west this
morning? Not a cloud in sight, and a deep blue ribbon of ocean
contrasting with the light blue of the sky. The grasses looked
greener, too.

What a contrast from yesterday, when the upper 1000 feet of the
hills were shrouded with wet clouds and hammered with a bitter wind.
I thought I would never get warm and dry again.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

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Hey Mike, how did you like the view from Old La Honda west this
morning? Not a cloud in sight, and a deep blue ribbon of ocean
contrasting with the light blue of the sky. The grasses looked
greener, too.

It *was* really nice, and very green. I even anticipated that and brought
my camera but... Kevin & Steve weren't cooperating. I was trying to keep
them in check right as you go around that corner with the world's greatest
view (and it certainly was!) and had no time to get the camera out.
Probably wouldn't have mattered because it was still fairly cool (maybe 48
degrees) and the lens would have fogged up pretty bad from the temp change
between jersey pocket and open air.

It won't fog up going from warm to cold; only the other way around.

.....

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It *was* really nice, and very green. I even anticipated that and

brought

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my camera but... Kevin & Steve weren't cooperating. I was trying to

keep

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them in check right as you go around that corner with the world's

greatest

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view (and it certainly was!) and had no time to get the camera out.
Probably wouldn't have mattered because it was still fairly cool (maybe

48

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degrees) and the lens would have fogged up pretty bad from the temp

change

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between jersey pocket and open air.

It won't fog up going from warm to cold; only the other way around.

That's what I always thought, but for some reason I get "foggy" pictures for
several minutes. I might be incorrect saying that it's the lens that's
actually fogging up (and at any sort of speed, I'm in no position to really
check what's going on with the camera!).

--Mike--
Chain Reaction Bicycles
www.ChainReaction.com

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...that corner with the world's greatest view (and it certainly was!)

My favorite view spot is on skyline just south of the windy hill parking,
from where you can see the ocean and the bay from the same point. There
are actually two or three of these within a hundred yards or so.

dl

I've been training on Old LaHonda Rd. after work on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, &
Thursdays, starting at 3:00pm. A good time to ride because there aren't
many cars on Old LaHonda at that time. It's a short loop coming out of SLAC,
but been getting a workout in the climb working with a HR monitor. Still
haven't seen that "white Toyota pickup", guess it's a good thing.
-tom

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...that corner with the world's greatest view (and it certainly was!)

My favorite view spot is on skyline just south of the windy hill parking,
from where you can see the ocean and the bay from the same point. There
are actually two or three of these within a hundred yards or so.

dl

Tom Nakashima said:

Still
haven't seen that "white Toyota pickup", guess it's a good thing.

He was on 84 West. I suspect Old La Honda's too narrow and slow a
road for his taste.

Old La Honda, both sides, today, but that's all. I'm tapering for
tomorrow. Sure was a pretty day.
--
terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://bike.terrymorse.com/

Mike Jacoubowsky/Chain Reaction Bicycles said:

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Probably wouldn't have mattered because it was still fairly cool (maybe 48
degrees) and the lens would have fogged up pretty bad from the temp change
between jersey pocket and open air.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

It won't fog up going from warm to cold; only the other way around.

Quoted message said:

That's what I always thought, but for some reason I get "foggy" pictures for
several minutes. I might be incorrect saying that it's the lens that's
actually fogging up (and at any sort of speed, I'm in no position to really
check what's going on with the camera!).

Possibly the warm, humid, jersey-pocket air _inside_ the camera
is condensing out, as the camera cools before it does.