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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nefarious on June 06, 2011, 07:23:00 PM
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It's roughly 7 miles one way and takes 18-20 minutes on Route 50 between Clarksburg and Bridgeport. Here it is condensed to the Sonics, Boss Hoss.
Can you spot the late 80's Cadillac hurse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryY1_kurIYM
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That's one crappy highway on-ramp.
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Why do people say California has horrible drivers? At least we know how to merge and let folks onto a highway/freeway/etc.
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Can you spot the late 80's Cadillac hurse?
Challenge Accepted
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:27 seconds? If not it may be a pickup with a cover. Whatever I give up watched that thing 5 times.
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:27 seconds? If not it may be a pickup with a cover. Whatever I give up watched that thing 5 times.
You got it. He passed me later on the ride in. He had a vinyl decal on the back that said Miles and Miles or something.
And yes, that is a bad on ramp/off ramp, today was particularly bad.
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It's roughly 7 miles one way and takes 18-20 minutes on Route 50 between Clarksburg and Bridgeport. Here it is condensed to the Sonics, Boss Hoss.
Can you spot the late 80's Cadillac hurse?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryY1_kurIYM
what kinda camera ya using?
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Kodak Easy Share M550
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id lose my mind driving around there... to much stop and go.
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At 0:58 he could have turned right to come and pick me up.
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Kodak Easy Share M550
dam...didn;'t know they did video that well. how did you mount it?
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Why do people say California has horrible drivers? At least we know how to merge and let folks onto a highway/freeway/etc.
I call BS. I lived in the LA area for a few years and the drivers there are by far the worst I've ever seen (and I've seen some really bad ones).
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Why do people say California has horrible drivers? At least we know how to merge and let folks onto a highway/freeway/etc.
lotta asians
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Cool Nef!
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lotta asians
INteresting video Nef.
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I call BS. I lived in the LA area for a few years and the drivers there are by far the worst I've ever seen (and I've seen some really bad ones).
haha drive in Massachusetts, you may change your mind.
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dam...didn;'t know they did video that well. how did you mount it?
First I tried a little mini-tripod I have, but the potholes and bumps kept turning the camera off which was frustrating. So then I tried some packing foam that came in a TV box, and cut it up to fit the camera inside of it.
Worked like a charm although I wish It sat higher like the tripod did.
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At 0:58 he could have turned right to come and pick me up.
Bah, you can walk... :lol
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You could have made that light @ 1:07 :)
If I posted my commute, it would consist of a lot of yelling, driving over curbs and traffic violations.
Pretty cool, Nef :aok
I'll have to try that foam idea. I have the same camera, but my hi-lift is mounted on the hood and gets in the way. :cry
On the way to work...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuPGY6PS-Mc
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You could have made that light @ 1:07 :)
If I posted my commute, it would consist of a lot of yelling, driving over curbs and traffic violations.
Pretty cool, Nef :aok
I'll have to try that foam idea. I have the same camera, but my hi-lift is mounted on the hood and gets in the way. :cry
On the way to work...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuPGY6PS-Mc
funny story to go with this...
this past winter, me&my cousin was trying to make it to the bank, in the middle of a snowstorm,before it closed.
he was going about 50mph on icy snowcovered roads, hit an ice patch lost control (was a chevy)
he allmost powersteered her back on course, but at the last second it just ditched itself, we allmost went over the side of the hill.
a couple people stoped to help us out, a ford ranger, a toyoto sequoia. nether one had the power to get us out of the mud snow and ditch.
then comes along this guy in a beat up old 1992 jeep cherikee, asks if he can give it a try, we say sure.
we all thought he couldnt do it. (i mean, the toyota couldnt, surely this beat up old jeep couldnt, right?)
man, he gave that thing a little gas and it pretty much yanked our car right out of the ditch and slingshot it back on the road.
i'll never doubt a jeep ever again :)
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funny story to go with this...
this past winter, me&my cousin was trying to make it to the bank, in the middle of a snowstorm,before it closed.
he was going about 50mph on icy snowcovered roads, hit an ice patch lost control (was a chevy)
he allmost powersteered her back on course, but at the last second it just ditched itself, we allmost went over the side of the hill.
a couple people stoped to help us out, a ford ranger, a toyoto sequoia. nether one had the power to get us out of the mud snow and ditch.
then comes along this guy in a beat up old 1992 jeep cherikee, asks if he can give it a try, we say sure.
we all thought he couldnt do it. (i mean, the toyota couldnt, surely this beat up old jeep couldnt, right?)
man, he gave that thing a little gas and it pretty much yanked our car right out of the ditch and slingshot it back on the road.
i'll never doubt a jeep ever again :)
LOL, wish I could have been the guy to first introduce the Jeep to the DoD in this manner :rock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15807254@N08/5764693217/in/photostream/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15807254@N08/5764693217/in/photostream/)
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LOL, wish I could have been the guy to first introduce the Jeep to the DoD in this manner :rock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15807254@N08/5764693217/in/photostream/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/15807254@N08/5764693217/in/photostream/)
awe, an iconic moment.
wasn't this public display of the jeeps ability ultimately the thing that lead the army to look at it for possible use?
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http://www.hrja.org/jeep.htm (http://www.hrja.org/jeep.htm)
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Nef, I really have an urge to do this, also.
I have some interesting commutes to say the least. It is only 8 miles, but there is always some road under construction/closed between my house and work.
I'm just afraid that my insurance company might see it and raise my rates :noid
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First I tried a little mini-tripod I have, but the potholes and bumps kept turning the camera off which was frustrating. So then I tried some packing foam that came in a TV box, and cut it up to fit the camera inside of it.
Worked like a charm although I wish It sat higher like the tripod did.
oohh!!
i had never thought of foam like that.
i keep asking these questions, as i used to have one of those cheap arsed dash cams you can buy on ebay...the quality sucked. i got what i paid for though. then i left it stuck to the windshield last summer when the outside temp was over 100F for a week straight here.......kinda cooked it.
what i was trying to figure out, is a way to mount either my sony handycam(i just replaced that with a jvc everio), or my old non-hd video camera.
so another question.....how did you keep the foam from moving on the dash? that video was rock steady, almost as if the camera was mounted directly.
and thanks dood!!
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It was the softer more sponge like packing foam, so this allowed me to wedge it in between the windshield and the dash. It was solid as a ship.
I have some other roads locally that would make interesting videos... twisty, turny, hilly West Virginia back roads.
EDIT: I'll take a photo of the setup later.
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It was the softer more sponge like packing foam, so this allowed me to wedge it in between the windshield and the dash. It was solid as a ship.
I have some other roads locally that would make interesting videos... twisty, turny, hilly West Virginia back roads.
EDIT: I'll take a photo of the setup later.
groovy!! thank ya sir! :aok
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It was the softer more sponge like packing foam, so this allowed me to wedge it in between the windshield and the dash. It was solid as a ship.
I have some other roads locally that would make interesting videos... twisty, turny, hilly West Virginia back roads.
EDIT: I'll take a photo of the setup later.
Just drove around the Covington/Hot Springs area near The Homestead on our road trip.
Wish I had another vehicle besides the Jeep, that time.
Told the wife:
"Sit down, strap in, shut up and hang on!"
:devil
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The Packing mount I rigged up. I had another piece taped over the hole, only leaving the lens, so the camera would stay locked in.
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/2011-06-07100750.jpg)
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http://www.chinabuye.com/1280-720-pixels-digital-dvr-black-with-2-3inch-tft-lcd-screen
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http://www.chinabuye.com/1280-720-pixels-digital-dvr-black-with-2-3inch-tft-lcd-screen
That's pretty cool. Thanks for the link, but I'll stick with my home made rig.
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where were all the idiot drivers nef? i didn't see a single a-hole cutting off 3 lanes of traffic...i generally average 3 idiots for every mile of road during my 7 mile commute to/from work...on the phone, not checking blind spots, below the speed limit in the left lane, etc...worse than new orleans and that was bad.
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Good stuff Nef :aok
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where were all the idiot drivers nef? i didn't see a single a-hole cutting off 3 lanes of traffic...i generally average 3 idiots for every mile of road during my 7 mile commute to/from work...on the phone, not checking blind spots, below the speed limit in the left lane, etc...worse than new orleans and that was bad.
You forgot reading the paper, applying/checking make-up and lack of turn signals...
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The Packing mount I rigged up. I had another piece taped over the hole, only leaving the lens, so the camera would stay locked in.
(http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb180/ralphmunnich/2011-06-07100750.jpg)
aahh....that looks like ep foam? it looks like what we make some of our r/c combat aircraft out of.........
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http://www.chinabuye.com/1280-720-pixels-digital-dvr-black-with-2-3inch-tft-lcd-screen
if those are the same ones on ebay, they record in either 2, 5 or 5 minute clips, pause, then do it again. i want to have a set up more like nef is using....as long as it's switched on, it records, regardless of anything else.
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Let me know the next time you film a ride Nef. I'll drive next to you and flip off the camera, then cut you off and slam on the brakes. :t
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Let me know the next time you film a ride Nef. I'll drive next to you and flip off the camera, then cut you off and slam on the brakes. :t
You can do that to me as soon as I finish fabbing my new bumper.
4 x 6 x 1/4" rectangular steel tube :devil
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I drive a 2000 voyager. I'd almost pay you to total it. Wouldn't take much.
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if those are the same ones on ebay, they record in either 2, 5 or 5 minute clips, pause, then do it again. i want to have a set up more like nef is using....as long as it's switched on, it records, regardless of anything else.
You can add up to 16Gb of SD memory that will last several hours.
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You can add up to 16Gb of SD memory that will last several hours.
yes, but rather than getting one continuous recording, you get "clips". that's what nearly all of the ones on ebay do, and that one looks like one of the ones on ebay.
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yes, but rather than getting one continuous recording, you get "clips". that's what nearly all of the ones on ebay do, and that one looks like one of the ones on ebay.
Yeah you get 5-10 hour clips.
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Yeah you get 5-10 hour clips.
then that is different than the ones that look like it on ebay, as they don't record longer than 15 minute clips....otherwise i'd already have one.
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I drive a 2000 voyager. I'd almost pay you to total it. Wouldn't take much.
:rofl
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I drive a 2000 voyager. I'd almost pay you to total it. Wouldn't take much.
How much?
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Why do people say California has horrible drivers? At least we know how to merge and let folks onto a highway/freeway/etc.
Our onramps are longer and/or metered to allow oncomming traffic the ability to accelerate at least up to 55mph before having to merge.
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Our onramps are longer and/or metered to allow oncomming traffic the ability to accelerate at least up to 55mph before having to merge.
NO need to meter. simply need people that are willing to actually accelerate on the ramp........ :D
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How much?
about tree fitty
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Never driven in LA CAP?
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Never driven in LA CAP?
negatory on that sir. farthest west i've been was to the indy 500. what an agonizingly boring drive to get there too. :bolt:
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about tree fitty
Sorry, I don't accept trees lol.
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In 5 minutes I tried to place your exact location... am I close?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.297113,-80.351602&num=1&sll=39.280645,-80.344534&sspn=0.069112,0.128059&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.297086,-80.351536&spn=0.007057,0.010096&z=17
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Pretty darn close. I know what street Nef lives on and it is on your map.
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In 5 minutes I tried to place your exact location... am I close?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=39.297113,-80.351602&num=1&sll=39.280645,-80.344534&sspn=0.069112,0.128059&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.297086,-80.351536&spn=0.007057,0.010096&z=17
Yep, that isn't my address. But your arrow is resting in my alley and is just a few houses from my location. Good sleuthing. Now any mysterious cars parked outside will be fired upon. :noid
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hang on it took you 20mins to drive 7 miles?
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hang on it took you 20mins to drive 7 miles?
Yep. Every day. Some days are better than others. I think Its about 18-20 minutes average.
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hang on it took you 20mins to drive 7 miles?
Same for me.
~8 miles
~ 20 min.
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Same for me.
~8 miles
~ 20 min.
8 mile run to work for me........45 minutes min. when school's in. 20-30 min when schools outr.
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I ride 14 miles on my bicycle in 32 minutes as a daily commute. And the same getting home . It involves a few climbs too. I think cycling may be quicker for you :old: :neener:
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I ride 14 miles on my bicycle in 32 minutes as a daily commute. And the same getting home . It involves a few climbs too. I think cycling may be quicker for you :old: :neener:
it would be ig i were capable. but my skinny arse is so outta shape...........and i ain't riding in the rain, or winter....so a car's my best bet.
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ARound where Nef and I live there are lots of stop signs and lights. Nef probably has 10 stop signs just to get out of his neighborhood. With very narrow streets at that. I get to work in 10 minutes but i drive 15 miles. I only deal with one stop sign and 4 lights and 10 of my miles are interstate.
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it would be ig i were capable. but my skinny arse is so outta shape...........and i ain't riding in the rain, or winter....so a car's my best bet.
chicken j/k
you would be surprised how quick you will get in a short time on a road bike. I love riding in winter and rain . In winter my MTB comes out with studded tyres in the snow.
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chicken j/k
you would be surprised how quick you will get in a short time on a road bike. I love riding in winter and rain . In winter my MTB comes out with studded tyres in the snow.
You would get killed around here. Hell, it's hard enough to keep from getting hit in an automobile, let alone a bicycle. :noid
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You would get killed around here. Hell, it's hard enough to keep from getting hit in an automobile, let alone a bicycle. :noid
I heard bicycle/pedestrian lanes/roads are very rare down there :)
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I heard bicycle/pedestrian lanes/roads are very rare down there :)
They are, unless you're in an urban area, and then maybe. Some of the bigger cities are moving that way now, but the smaller towns aren't. Heck, in my town, its against a city ordnance to ride your bike on the sidewalk, but there's no place designated for biking, except the road. I challenged a local municipal official about that and his response was that bikes are afforded the same right-of-way as cars on the road. I laughed...
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negatory on that sir. farthest west i've been was to the indy 500. what an agonizingly boring drive to get there too. :bolt:
4-6 paved lanes of pure insanity and darwinism in each direction. Most people simpley don't know how to merge or pay attention (this includes many drivers in the slow lane cluelessly putting along and either incapable or unaware of the 4-5 open lanes to their left that they could occupy to allow an oncomming truck the opportunity to merge in). Each onramp is metered or elongated (to allow enough time to accelerate up to highway speed) in the state, and people still get into accidents because at the end of a 500-foot ramp they were only doing 35mph when they blindly careened into the side of a semi. Then there's the rare times when theres no traffic but people are cruising at 60 in the fast lanes. This drives the lead foots crazy, and then you end up having to dodge them doing 90 as you try to merge onto the freeway.
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hang on it took you 20mins to drive 7 miles?
Lets see here, 7 / 20 = 2.86-minutes per mile.
~45 miles a day for me here in LA, at about 70 minutes each way for me, that's 22.5 per 70 minutes, so 22.5 / 70 = 3.11-minutes per mile, yup sounds right, it's better than Los Angeles. :cry
I should do one of these, and maybe actually a few. I can do two for my typical morning commute, take the freeway route one day and the canyon+PCH route another (the canyon route kinda sucks atm bacause of construction along PCH, but we could take a detour through Pacific Palisades). Then there's teh homeward bound routes - again freeway or canyon or even backstreet.
Nef, did you take the time-delayed video with your camera or edit it from a full-length on your computer?
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Each way was a full length video sped up %1600 in Adobe Premiere, Each Video was about 18:00 minutes long and condensed down to 1:10 to fit inside of the 2:20 Boss Hoss Song.
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I go to school in the snow, uphill both ways and in the middle of the night. :banana:
-Penguin
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You would get killed around here. Hell, it's hard enough to keep from getting hit in an automobile, let alone a bicycle. :noid
When the weather is nice (between 45-85 F, heat index) I bike to work through downtown DC. The bike lanes being installed are helpful, but it will take more time for drivers to get used to being in the same relative space as cyclists. For now, it remains somewhat treacherous. A video of my 15 minute ride would probably be more entertaining than my other means of transit, which is taking the metro. (subway) Walk to station, ride train underground for a bit, walk to work. :lol
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Nef, I did this same thing on one of our offroad 4x4 sessions a couple years back. I'll see about re-uploading it and posting it. :)
And Nef....GO PACK! :)
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I have no bike lanes where I live . It gives me a chuckle to see some git in a car TRYing to over take me as I'm hitting 30- 35 mph on the flat on my road bike while in 30mph zones. top speed I've hit on my bike is 65 mph coming down a mountain road near to where I used to live. I get a few near misses but a kick to the door panel makes drivers wake up :banana:
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Nef, I did this same thing on one of our offroad 4x4 sessions a couple years back. I'll see about re-uploading it and posting it. :)
And Nef....GO PACK! :)
Cool, Would love to see it... You still driving that Steeler colored FJ Cruiser? ;)
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Yep, that isn't my address. But your arrow is resting in my alley and is just a few houses from my location. Good sleuthing. Now any mysterious cars parked outside will be fired upon. :noid
hehe, I though of doing it once I watched... BTW great choice in music, what song was that?
If there was street view it would have been a lot quicker... I did it by drawing a quick "map" of the first 4 streets you were on. and the unusual on-ramp. once I found the on ramp I looked for an avenue with a divider. Once I saw Goff it was easy to place the distance the start was from the avenue. I guessed on the alley, it looked like one, but no street view, and no alley shown on the map. ;)
<EDIT> I have to ask, why take 19th when it looks like 21st would get you to West Virginia Ave quicker? better yet, right on pride, left on 24th to WV? I'm a dork and like studying maps looking for easiest / quickest routes.
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CAP did you see the film made called race across america ? this british guy was trying to ride and run across america . on day 5 he got hit by a truck in daylight on a nice flat wide high way. I think any one cycling or motor cycling in the US are quite brave in the land where the car is king . But some of the roads look awesome to ride on.
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hehe, I though of doing it once I watched... BTW great choice in music, what song was that?
If there was street view it would have been a lot quicker... I did it by drawing a quick "map" of the first 4 streets you were on. and the unusual on-ramp. once I found the on ramp I looked for an avenue with a divider. Once I saw Goff it was easy to place the distance the start was from the avenue. I guessed on the alley, it looked like one, but no street view, and no alley shown on the map. ;)
<EDIT> I have to ask, why take 19th when it looks like 21st would get you to West Virginia Ave quicker? better yet, right on pride, left on 24th to WV? I'm a dork and like studying maps looking for easiest / quickest routes.
Stop Signs. Goff Avenue from 20th to 24th is free of Stop Signs. There is also some one way streets that prevent certain routes.
EDIT: The Song is Boss Hoss, by the Sonics
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CAP did you see the film made called race across america ? this british guy was trying to ride and run across america . on day 5 he got hit by a truck in daylight on a nice flat wide high way. I think any one cycling or motor cycling in the US are quite brave in the land where the car is king . But some of the roads look awesome to ride on.
to be honest, if i were in better shape, i'd ride a bit i think.
when we were young, my brother and i used to ride all over nj. he went from cherry hill to atlantic city and back one day.....i never could do that distance though.
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Cap buy a nice quality touring bike and just have fun riding around . I'm nowhere near as fit as I used to be but riding is great fun even just pottling about. I'm not sure how much bikes are over there but I recomend my customers spend at least $600 on their first proper bike. I have two bikes a road bike and a mountain bike. the road bike was $1200 the mtb is a bastige child that has cost me $2000 over 13 years . I custom built the MTB so it cost me a lot more (I even built my own wheels up from septate components , rim , spokes and hubs that I wanted)