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Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« on: April 13, 2015, 07:33:57 PM »
http://elrick.smugmug.com/Raleigh-Euro-Bike-2015/Raleigh-Euro-Bike-2015/i-QPMWF5W

Here's a few pics from Raleigh yesterday. Good turnout with many interesting bikes.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2015, 07:34:49 PM by maquette »
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2015, 08:47:38 PM »
Is that Dave's (Combustion Cycles) Vincent?  If so, he's made some good progress on it.
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2015, 10:56:53 PM »
I hope this link works 
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=114941270081054394979&target=ALBUM&id=6137429166369718369&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ_c16WBuuPd7wE&feat=email.
It was a beautiful day I took 24 and 27 instead of going up 85. And still took less than three and a half hours including gas stops.

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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2015, 07:32:51 PM »
I hope this link works 
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=114941270081054394979&target=ALBUM&id=6137429166369718369&authkey=Gv1sRgCJ_c16WBuuPd7wE&feat=email.
It was a beautiful day I took 24 and 27 instead of going up 85. And still took less than three and a half hours including gas stops.

Here's another take:


Raleigh, North Carolina, Eurobike Day 2015.    Just a day to ride in, hang out, meet friends, look at interesting bikes!

Started out on the Stelvio, Fay and I did, till my bent rotor made itself known, so dropped back to the Ford Festiva and went on anyhow.

Good crowd of people there:





Mark Tenney and Barbara Nowell’s Griso and Brutal MV respectively:



And speaking of whom:



“Does this MV make my … self … look fast?” comes to mind!

Jake and Pat from southern NC are enjoying being there ….



A few nice Loops ridden in; this first one Tom’s from Oriental NC:




A ZERO electric.   I’ll not soon get used to these borg-looking bikes:



Ayyy, that’s’a nice Italian girl!







A few old Brits, not many.   I’ve ridden a BSA down here in the past, may need to do it again just to show the flag …




Grabbed some steamed dumplings from one of the three food trucks.   Good but ya gotta be ready for ‘em!




The young fellers are into their Japanese iron … uh, alloy, I mean:


The $500 Café Specials – good fun for cheap, I suspect:






Kevin (I think I got that right) and Emily (I know I got that right)  survey the crowd:



The original founders of this affair, back when it was just a little gathering:

Juan –



and Mark –



were circulating and helping out.

Hunter, discussing “why I don’t want a pickle” with Dennis and me:


And the Mods, of course, were there with their scooters:







But then we were all done.   On the way home, (for rail buffs) I noticed that we were traveling over the tracks of the old Oxford and Clarksville Railroad, laid out in the 1890s and operated until the 1950s …..





And that’s the way it was, April 12, 2015, and I’m stickin’ to it ….

Lannis




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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2015, 07:01:32 AM »
WE, Marion and I, should have gone.  First one we have missed. I'm relying on a walker to get around but, and after looking at the pictures, Marion and I both wish we had gone. Our LeMans, SP or R65LS would have been right at home. :BEER:
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2015, 10:31:00 AM »
Lannis- Great pictures of both the show and the ride home.  Have they converted many of the abandoned railways to bicycle trails in your area?  That idea is gaining momentum here in Florida and eventually you will be able to ride almost anywhere in the state on strictly bicycle trails
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2015, 10:40:13 AM »
Lannis- Great pictures of both the show and the ride home.  Have they converted many of the abandoned railways to bicycle trails in your area?  That idea is gaining momentum here in Florida and eventually you will be able to ride almost anywhere in the state on strictly bicycle trails

They've converted some ... the old South Side Rail Road from Pamplin City, VA to the High Bridge over the Appomattox River has been converted to a gravel track, but most of them are just lying there.

I'm all for greenways and such, but to be honest, I'd rather they converted the rails BACK to railroads and found an effective way to use them to get some of the truck traffic off the roads!

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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2015, 02:04:06 PM »
It was a good show and the first good ride for me since moving to Greensboro.
I still don't have my Norge here so I was on my Scramblinator.
I probably chatted with a couple of you but didn't think to ask for names so who knows.
Let's see if I can make a slideshow link work here:
http://s9.photobucket.com/user/ItsForrest/slideshow/Euromoto%202015

« Last Edit: April 20, 2015, 05:52:21 PM by ItsForrest »
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2015, 03:41:55 PM »
It was a good show and the first good ride for me since moving to Greensboro.
I still don't have my Norge here so I was on my Scrablinator.
I probably chatted with a couple of you but didn't think to ask for names so who knows.
Let's see if I can make a slideshow link work here:
http://s9.photobucket.com/user/ItsForrest/slideshow/Euromoto%202015



Nice photos Forrest! My bikes are the 2 in #13, the Laverda and the gray Eldo.  :bike
Nice to see you and Fay there Lannis, even without the Stelvio.
I need to find a hat with a pickle on it so people will realize who I am. The hat with no pickle on it doesn't seem to work. ;D
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2015, 03:55:11 PM »
I need to find a hat with a pickle on it so people will realize who I am. The hat with no pickle on it doesn't seem to work. ;D

Here, this is for your hat:

« Last Edit: April 20, 2015, 03:57:30 PM by Triple Jim »
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Re: Raleigh Euro Bike 2015
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2015, 10:16:15 AM »
Nice one Jim.
Of course I'd never be able to get anywhere near Mt. Olive with that on...
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