Bridge Over Untroubled Water
@teamfreak16 (43640)
Denver, Colorado
June 7, 2017 3:14pm CST
This morning, I went on a short, 7.5 mile bike ride, which is nothing, really. Too short for my liking, actually, but it's only my third ride of the year, and I was short on time. Still, it beat not riding, and it all adds up.
In fact, I now have a whopping 18 miles for the year, and am ranked 2088 on Bikejournal.com.
The ride itself was uneventful, other than I wigged out big time because there was a big snake on the bike path on the climb back into Manitou. Yuck.
I did manage to take a photo. This particular bike path follows a creek down to Colorado Springs. This is my bike on a bridge that crosses the creek. No snakes in the photo. Thank goodness. I probably would have ran for it if there were.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
11 Jun 17
Love the scenery and totally not a short ride, lol! That'd be a long ride for me hehe.
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@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
11 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 Whoa that is crazy. How many hours does that usually take or you go with the flow, no rush?
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Jun 17
Wait until I build up to the 25-35 mile rides that I like to do.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
11 Jun 17
@infatuatedbby - A 25 miler usually takes me two, two and a half hours. The most I've ever done in one day was 57 miles. Took me about five hours.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jun 17
One of my employees is an avid mountain biker (which is kind of an oxymoron to say mountain bike in flat Florida), and he usually rides 3-4 times per week. I'll have to ask him tomorrow at work how long his rides are each time. There is a big group of them that ride after work, so I imagine they probably don't go too far before it starts to get dark. But I imagine they do longer rides on the weekends.
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@moffittjc (128837)
• Gainesville, Florida
12 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 We do have some great trails, but certainly no mountains! haha
One of the most popular trails in the state is a place called Santos, which is about 30 minutes south of where I live. People love to mountain bike there.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jun 17
@moffittjc - Yeah, here in Colorado, we do have to do a lot of climbing.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jun 17
I've read that there is actually some good mountain biking in Florida. I'm just trying to ride myself back into cycling shape right now. I plan on doing some actual mountain biking this summer.
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@crossbones27 (52960)
• Mojave, California
8 Jun 17
Sweet, and this made me laugh. Snakes do not even scare me anymore. Enough of them running the country. Awesome picture and if I lived there, would be doing that everyday also. People need to ride bikes more or just do something that does not involve cars. Sounds fun.
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@crossbones27 (52960)
• Mojave, California
8 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 Awesome, and it is up or something close to it, has punk ruck in the title and everything.. Pretty cool, much funner that city buses. 
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Jun 17
There used to be a website called Cars are Coffins. Don't know if it's still up.
@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
8 Jun 17
@crossbones27 - There is a site called Unamerican.com. It's run by a punk rocker. He sells subversive stickers designed to make people think. Trying to make a small change for the better. Check it out sometime. I've bought a lot of stickers from him.
@valmnz (17095)
• New Zealand
7 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 I'm getting older now and not so confident with traffic any more. I sold it to a young woman I know. And the funds financed part of my recent holiday!
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
@valmnz - Well, that's good. I try to ride in traffic as little as possible.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
Thank you. Too bad that you sold your bike. You're missing out on all the fun.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 17
How many miles have you set a goal for this year?
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Jun 17
@Marty1 - I usually ride on nice winter days, and usually through September at least. I actually just ride to certain turnaround points without worrying about the mileage. That will add up. Even the very short five mile rides to the store add up if I do enough of them.
@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
28 Feb 18
No, I've never wanted to race. I used to do a lot of charity rides though.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
1 Mar 18
@teamfreak16
That is nice Scott about the charity rides.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 Jun 17
nice view - glad you ecaped the snake
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
8 Jun 17
@teamfreak16 I expect the snake was relieved to get away from the iron-horse in one piece too lol
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@FourWalls (86778)
• United States
7 Jun 17
Nice lean photo.
As for the snakes, as Indiana Jones said, "Snakes, why have there gotta be snakes?"
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
I can totally relate to Indy in that regard. Ugh.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
I ride over it almost every day. I figured it was about time I took a picture.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Jun 17
You can build up your miles every day.
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@teamfreak16 (43640)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Jun 17
Like I said, they all add up. It's still always a bit disheartening at the beginning, like "That's all?"
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