My dad died suddenly two months ago and this pic caused a flooding of memories of his old route to work, reminiscent of this place here. I had completely forgotten about it. This random photo provided some long-overdue emotional release. Not a great way to get ready for work at 4am, but very much needed.
I bought a new frame a few weeks ago to build a road/gravel touring bike upon. I normally ride a CAAD12, which is great for good roads, but not so great when the going gets rough, and it doesn't have fittings for racks (which isn't surprising, it's a race-oriented bike).
On a recent (car) trip to the western US, I encountered many roads that weren't paved and would have been happier with larger tires on my bike, plus I want to do some trails. A local frame company had their steel touring frames on sale, so I grabbed one.
Now I have a million decisions to make on how to build it...lol.
9 Comments
Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
My dad died suddenly two months ago and this pic caused a flooding of memories of his old route to work, reminiscent of this place here. I had completely forgotten about it. This random photo provided some long-overdue emotional release. Not a great way to get ready for work at 4am, but very much needed.
frostbiker@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Sorry for your loss. Been there. It will hurt less over time. Talking to people helps.
miostetsson@feddit.de · 4 pts · 2y
Where is that?
bstix@feddit.dk · 3 pts · 2y
Looks like anywhere in Finland.
htmono@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Correct.
png@artemis.camp · 3 pts · 2y
Heck Yeah!
daveywaveyboy@feddit.ch · 3 pts · 2y
Heck yeah
htmono@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Heck yeah!
limelight79@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
I bought a new frame a few weeks ago to build a road/gravel touring bike upon. I normally ride a CAAD12, which is great for good roads, but not so great when the going gets rough, and it doesn't have fittings for racks (which isn't surprising, it's a race-oriented bike).
On a recent (car) trip to the western US, I encountered many roads that weren't paved and would have been happier with larger tires on my bike, plus I want to do some trails. A local frame company had their steel touring frames on sale, so I grabbed one.
Now I have a million decisions to make on how to build it...lol.