"Official" BIYF 2016-2017 thread

Sunday at Port Trails
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https://www.strava.com/activities/848703032/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-US&v=1485718955

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Non bonus point, bonus history while I'm in the area. Battle of Chestnut Neck and Privateers Memorial. Fun fact, on the way out of the area the British flagship HMS Zebra ran aground, and they were forced to blow it up to prevent it being captured.
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friday 1/27...4 rides cobbled together...1:03 moving time

includes three rides as part of my daily commute and one over the Historic 59th street bridge (built in 1908!) at lunch time...for what it's worth, 2 of the 4 rides done on the trusty 45 lb CitiBike....

https://www.strava.com/activities/845807265
https://www.strava.com/activities/846090994
https://www.strava.com/activities/846330802
https://www.strava.com/activities/846377230

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saturday 1/28 1:54 moving time...hartshorne ride where @MTB Aussie rode the loop twice because he's insane and he's 50 dammit!
 
1/28 A1 Direct Drive 1:21 https://www.strava.com/activities/847709223

I know @thegock wants those socks bad, so the fastest way to a working bike was for me to rebuild the rear pivots of my icecream social Max Backbone bike from 20 years ago. The Enduro carnage from the other night leaves it needing a chain , RD, hanger, shifter, cable, housing, etc, etc.; maybe tonight. Surprisingly
the 1997 vintage FSR zigs better than the Enduro, even tho the stem is crazy long and the bars are crazy tall (maybe that's the reason?), and I need to refit the FD. Just a shakedown and jerking around, still one of my favorite-looking frames....

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1/29 Junk Yard 2:55 https://www.strava.com/activities/848440543

Back on Icecream Max, met Mikey early at Allaire. Checking out some of your rides I see some trails in an area I have not spent much time in before (or ever) in the 25-ish years I been riding there. We head over and find da stuff and a group ride of like 30 people WTF down in the bogs where we thought it might be peaceful. Oh well let them go do their crap we'll do ours. Found a junk yard in the middle of nowhere with some cool old junkers that you'd do serious time today for dumping them in the woods. Nice ride; wore Mikey out about 2hrs in, dropped him off then rolled for another 45. Ran into an old bud from Jetski days just as I was packing up, took his Stache 9 for a spin up the trail. Nice ride; maybe my next bike? Thanks Jimmy!

Old Pickemup with a 4banger
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Chopped, Channelled, and flattened, six-pin

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Yes Virginia, I really do have friends, and their bikes are at least as old as mine.... (Mikey looking at the 30+ member group ride heading our way down in the dumps)
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My feet can taste those socks now!
 

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Today:
Got out for another quick tour of the area on Fat Elvis. Man it's just so beautiful there. Good for the soul.
Was a little wobbly after a late night, but the cool air and no balaclava brought me right around.
It was magic snow conditions- like the earth was covered with a candy shell. Fat tires weren't necessary. I ran into some locals on skinny tires both days. The golf course was a playground- take any line that looked like fun- no boundaries.
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1/29 3:05:27
https://www.strava.com/activities/848785335

Thanks Huffster for costing me most of my sunday in search of a harriman mine!! 😉 I was able to locate the hasenclever mine. Pretty easy find actually.

Found some factoids about it via Google:

The mine was built in 1760 and was placed on the maps that George Washington had his mapmaker, Robert Erskine, make for the Revolutionary War.

An iron ore deposit discovered and developed in 1760 by Peter Hasenclever of the London Company, a group of British investors. Worked by Samuel Brewster during the Revolutionary War, purchased by Jonas Brewster in 1799. Blast furnace constructed nearby around 1800. Acquired in 1854 by the Haverstraw Iron and Mining Company, which had mined between 5,000 and 8,000 tons ore by 1855, employing between 20 and 30 workers, although the venture failed the following year. Multiple other owners followed, until its final year, about 1891, when it was worked by A. Lawrence Edmonds, an associate of the inventor Thomas Edison. Main ore mineral is magnetite, hosted in amphibolite, schist and minor pegmatite.

What's left is a large mine opening filled with water. It's one hundred feet deep! To the right, there are several long rows of tailings - rocks that were excavated from the mine but discarded. Rather amazing to think that this mine has been around longer than our country.........

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A beam from an alien's spacecraft??
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It's my typical Monday morning upload.

1/28/17: A client asked if I wanted to ride....and I was happy to help promote cycling as he hasn't been on a bike in 15+ years. Rolls up with the anticipated 1990 something Trek hardtail. Bike was surprisingly clean and the tires were not dry rotted. Plus!! Took him on a casual ride along the Sussex Branch down to the edge of KSVP and then back. Although he was a bit winded, he had a great time. Score!! He then started researching new bikes on Sunday and has asked my opinion of what is the best bike. Double Score!! Always happy to help introduce someone to this sport.

Distance: 11.3 miles
Moving Time: 1:40:00

https://www.strava.com/activities/847430096


1/29/17: There is a NYC contingency that I've given tours too over the past two weeks. Initial plan was to take them back to Stephens without any snow. Unfortunately, I may have pushed the envelope a bit during last week's Deer Park ride...specifically the Rogue Trail. I believe that with the following climb back up Orange might have taken most of them out of their comfort zone a bit. That being said, I got the call Saturday night that they were skipping this week's tour. Regardless, still had a nice group lined up for the fun. I'm having some serious problems with my iPhone battery dying when the phone gets too cold, which forces me to "take the chance" towards the end of the ride for any photo opportunities.

Although this is yet another weak submittal, it is one that is pretty cool. Many, many years ago there was a somewhat thriving business along the riverfronts.....Ice. Those would break/cut the ice out along the river and store it in "Ice Houses" with various types of insulation (hay, sawdust, etc) to be sold during the summer months. There is an abandoned building hidden in the woods along an old rail bed adjacent to the Musconetcong River. This is rumored to be an old Ice House. It's nearly impossible to see in the summer months as the vegetation hides it quite well. I know this is a stretch, but I always thought this was pretty interesting and worthy of a mention.

Distance: 14.6 Miles
Moving Time: 2:02:05

https://www.strava.com/activities/848645378

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