I recently signed up with Wandrer to force me to take some different routes. I've worked from home for the last 4 years or so and have no free time so all of my rides tend to be errands and also tend to be along the same routes.
It's been fun so far but I have come to really hate the inventor of the cul-de-sac. My area is full of them and it's a real pain to "bag" them all. One short road section here has eight cul-de-sacs sprouting off of it. I've gotten a lot of odd looks in the week that I've been trying to clear them all. I keep thinking I'm gonna get beat up since I likely look like some kind of weirdo riding into and out of all of these small neighborhoods. I've started using my Brompton so I look more like a harmless creep than a creepy creep. I'm waiting for someone to post about "some weird old guy riding through our neighborhoods" on the Nextdoor app. I make double sure that my watch is recording my ride before I take off. I can't even imagine going through some of those routes only to find I didn't hit "record". My wailing would be heard for miles and would be the source of much consternation I am certain. I have my area about clear so I'm now heading out into the unknown... Robert Tilley San Diego, CA On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 4:22 AM Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric described and showed some of the fun one can derive from > wandrer.earth. > > I concur wholeheartedly that wandrer.earth can add another layer of fun to > cycling for some people. I tend towards the compulsive, and so when I can > planfully do something, I am generally more likely to follow through with > that something, or at least stick with that pursuit for a longer period. > In short, wandrer.earth got me through the pandemic, because it added a > layer of fun for rides that were all solo, and were mostly not far from my > front door. I got pretty hardcore with it, and am very proud of my > footprint in the SF Bay Area (Contra Costa, Alameda and Marin Counties > mostly). My job has me travel to Michigan almost monthly, and my presence > in Wayne County is preserved on wandrer, and that helped shape many of the > hours that I would otherwise have spent watching TV in a hotel room. I > just returned from a three week vacation in Europe and one of my digital > souvenirs is a solid footprint in Stockholm, Sweden, Copenhagen Denmark, > and Amsterdam. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at 3:14:33 AM UTC-7 Eric Daume wrote: > >> Near Dublin, OH, a suburb of Columbus. According to wandrer.earth, Dublin >> has just over 400 miles of bike paths and accessible roads (it doesn't >> count interstates, etc). It took me from November through July to hit my >> target for riding these roads (blue is ridden, red is unridden): >> >> [image: image.png] >> >> It's a fun app. I found I was riding longer distances to get out to new >> roads, so I ended up in better than usual shape for mid summer. >> >> Eric >> >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 4:56 PM Jon Dukeman <row.n.2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Where in Ohio? >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2022, 2:44 PM Eric Daume <eric...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Come ride in the Midwest or South, and then you’ll appreciate your “hot >>>> and sticky” Bellingham summers :) >>>> >>>> I like to have made up goals for my riding. For a while, it was reading >>>> and returning books to my local system of little free libraries. This year, >>>> I used wanderer.earth to target riding all of my local town roads and >>>> paths. That was a good experience. >>>> >>>> >>>> Eric >>>> Now in Ohio, formerly of Seattle >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Jay Lonner <jay.l...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Over the years my cycling has increasingly tended toward >>>>> commuting/utility. Bike-centered vacations/tours remain on the menu, and >>>>> are still very enjoyable to me, but the day-in, day-out feels like a >>>>> chore. >>>>> Part of this is seasonal — I have an easier time dealing with cool, wet >>>>> conditions than hot, sticky weather. So maybe this problem will solve >>>>> itself with the autumn rains imminent. But I’m wondering whether others >>>>> ever get a case of cycling burnout, and maybe have some tips to work >>>>> through it. >>>>> >>>>> Jay Lonner >>>>> Bellingham, WA >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/77d0469b-5dc1-4647-97b0-624f3018916dn%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/77d0469b-5dc1-4647-97b0-624f3018916dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5ACHLQc-Z1RpBeM2N5ad6u6_65vSfuE-_QaQ2XJhbTpTw%40mail.gmail.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAHFNW5ACHLQc-Z1RpBeM2N5ad6u6_65vSfuE-_QaQ2XJhbTpTw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAMO8PLgnVXs9Z2r0%3D7AM-RgRQe%2Bo9r%3D5xR%3DYKrzm%2B%3Dumvd0-tw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAMO8PLgnVXs9Z2r0%3D7AM-RgRQe%2Bo9r%3D5xR%3DYKrzm%2B%3Dumvd0-tw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cc6870d4-f3ba-4852-bd86-de11d23f8cc8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cc6870d4-f3ba-4852-bd86-de11d23f8cc8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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