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    • CommentAuthorgavilan
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    I think I know where this is. If it survives till after work, this sucka is mine. :face-devil-grin:
    • CommentAuthorPraxis
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Sam:I have no idea where most of these tags even are! Random ocean spot, random bridge, random god only know where. Glad the rest of you are all knowledgeable enough to figure out these nooks and crannies.

    I mean riding up Mt. Soledad last weekend some parts looked like I was riding on Genesee (random shrub next to random incline). When I get Alzheimers I am going to be constantly lost.


    I can totally relate. No worries, I'll get one someday, maybe. For the memory challenged, there's always Google.
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011 edited
     
    Let me re-iterate how we define a "quality tag": The best tag is a tag that the most members recognize the location for right away, with no or extremely limited googling: The game is not about stumping people or identifying the person who recognizes the most obscure location - it is about getting as many cyclists as possible out on the roads claiming the tags. The more participation (and the more "Bruces"!), the better!

    Here is an archive, generic photo of a motif that would make a quality tag - it would be accessible to all, even those who moved to San Diego five minutes ago:



    Capisce?
    • CommentAuthorgavilan
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Yeah... I had no idea where that library of yours was, Sam! But it's cool to see the places and to write them down on my 'to check out later' list. :)
    • CommentAuthordstone
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Sigurd's right, next time I will choose a more prime location.
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Between Gavilan and me, there are good prospects of claiming the current tag. If neither of us -- and nobody else -- can figure it out, its time for some clues.

    I probably won't be able to make it out to the presumed spot until this weekend.
    • CommentAuthorgavilan
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Dang... it was not where I thought it would be. :face-sad:
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    Unless my idea is the same as yours, there is still a chance that I may know the location. But it's pretty much a shot in the dark.
    • CommentAuthordstone
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011 edited
     
    Since I still have until tomorrow morning to post, I'll put up a new tag that is less obscure tomorrow morning/by noonish if this is still unclaimed by then.

    *Unless you'd rather keep going with hints.
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      CommentAuthorShapps
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011
     
    I think I know where the tag is. I wouldn't be able to make it out there till Saturday though.
    • CommentAuthorSam
    • CommentTimeMay 4th 2011 edited
     
    gavilan:Yeah... I had no idea where that library of yours was, Sam!


    yeah, yeah, yeah. It was raining! I was cold! I had sat through some mind numbing meetings for hours (HOURS!) And I really didn't want to get my camera wet.

    You know...I had actually good reasons :face-monkey:
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011 edited
     
    dstone:Since I still have until tomorrow morning to post, I'll put up a new tag that is less obscure tomorrow morning/by noonish if this is still unclaimed by then.
    Yes, let's just put up a new one in order to include some more people here.

    Having said that, there is a chance I can make it out to the presumed location tonight after work: If I do, and the location is correct, I may Bruce you!
    :face-monkey:
    • CommentAuthoryoshi
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011 edited
     
    Oh yeah!
    I only knew this because I used to live down the hill and I would sometimes run through this neighborhood.
    photo.JPG
    This one is in the neighborhood just across the street from Kate Sessions park on the south side of Mount Soledad.
    It's actually a blue circle on google maps in the map view (not satellite) if you zoom in close enough.
    Looking out to the west, the coastline in the background is north Pacific Beach.
    • CommentAuthormfutch
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    I still don't have a clue...
    • CommentAuthoryoshi
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011 edited
     
    Here's an easy one.
    All you have to do is READ between the frame.
    photo.JPG
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011 edited
     
    Man, I can't believe I missed that one - I must've walked my dog past this place a hundred times: First, I was thinking this one (but rejected it because it was square), and then went to visit this one tonight, but found it looked nothing like it should.

    So close, but yet so far...
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    I commute to work on Foothill to the west, and from work on Soledad Rd. to the east (of the tag) every day. I would've never found it.

    I think yoshi deserves double points- maybe triple!
    I still can't believe how close I was to it so often :face-crying:
    ...but I can't whine, 'cause I'm gonna have to detour a block tomorrow just to see it:face-devil-grin:
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    HippyOnaBike:I think yoshi deserves double points- maybe triple!
    Yes. good work, Yoshi!
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    http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldknottybuoy/5692280918/in/photostream

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    When it's this easy, even Old Knotty Buoys have to play. I thought about it for twenty minutes before I rousted myself from the computer and rode over there. I've been lurking for too long and need to 'get rolling'! This is my first...and with any luck won't be the last.

    See you all tomorrow morning.

    Ride well and be safe out there!

    Old Knotty Buoy
    • CommentAuthordstone
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    Nice, Yoshi! Thanks for making up for the obscure post with a much cleaner tag.

    I decided to tag the spot in North PB partly because nobody had done PB yet (I was looking at the map to determine the next locale) and partly because I saw this giant circular...thing from space and thought it would be neat to check out anyway. Anyone one know what that structure is, anyway?

    Hope the ride was nice, no more tags FROM SPACE.
    • CommentAuthoreaton
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    Looks like a reservoir.
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    Yes, it is a public water reservoir/tank.

    In my search for this tag, I realized that these structures are not only unmarked as to their function in the terrain, they are also unmarked on Google Maps. Most importantly, they are not listed anywhere on the 'Internet, incl. on the City of San Diego Water Dept. web site.

    Security reasons, perhaps?
    • CommentAuthoryoshi
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2011
     
    dstone:Nice, Yoshi! Thanks for making up for the obscure post with a much cleaner tag.

    Hope the ride was nice, no more tags FROM SPACE.


    Oh yes, very nice ride indeed. Luckily I was already scheduled to have dinner at my mother-in-law's in PB tonight. I was so excited to get there once I figured it out that I was probably anaerobic for most of the ride from my office in Kearny Mesa.

    Way to motivate Old Knotty! This was my first grab too. It's hard to play because I live in Leucadia and MarkPhilips is so darn fast with the north county postings!
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    Nice find Yoshi. Kudos for getting O. K. B. out. I see that you're riding your last project. Nice!

    You'll get your chance in North County. I don't even know where the last tag is located. It's free for all!
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    It was gray and cool this morning. Here's the tag. Maybe someone can get it on their way home.




    Link to image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldknottybuoy/5693444111/in/photostream
    I'm not sure if I'm loading the images correctly. The links seems to work but at first last night my image didn't show in the page. (Maybe someone fixed the code so it would finally display.) I hope this takes.

    Thanks to all you gamers out there who help to motivate and inspire us Old Knotty Bones to get out and get going! It's a good excuse to see the city and appreciate what we have here. Iconic locations and the natural beauty of this spring season with all the wild flowers and blooming trees are fun to capture as it's own special type of 'bike porn'.

    Ride well and be safe out there!

    OKB
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      CommentAuthorShapps
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    Great Tag! If nobody gets this by tomorrow afternoon, I'll ride out there.
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      CommentAuthorbatmick
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    Crud, that's just down the street from me. Unfortunately I am tied up in the lab all day.
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011 edited
     
    Just as a rule clarification, OKB: Your bike is supposed to be conspicuously present in the tag picture (unless that's you riding in the background, that is!).

    We'll let this one slide for this time, and apart from that - great tag! Go get it, Bryan (and everybody else, incl. myself)!
    • CommentAuthort.e.d
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    I think that's his bike halfway down the bridge.
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    Sigurd:Just as a rule clarification, OKB: Your bike is supposed to be conspicuously present in the tag picture


    Sigurd,

    t.e.d is right as that is my bike half way across the span. It might not be as "conspicuously present in the tag picture" as we might like, but it's there none the less. In order to frame the shot and include all the relevant structure, the scale of the bike was less than ideal.

    The biker going past was serendipitous but really adds to the shot on a forum like this.

    Ride well and be safe out there!

    OKB
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    Old Knotty Buoy:t.e.d is right as that is my bike half way across the span.
    Ahhh; missed that: All is well, then!
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    That is beautiful pedetrian bridge. I don't think I'v appreciated that much when speeding down that hill at 25-30 mph ;-)

    I'm twiddling my thumb at work as I wait for robot parts to arrive. It's very tempting as it is nearby my customer location.

    This maybe Gavilan's commute route
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      CommentAuthorHMeins
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    You must be the only other android on the forum! Hope you get your parts installed! %^)=)
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      CommentAuthormarkphilips
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011 edited
     
    Tag! The vintage panasonic tour deluxe still need some refinements.
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    I DISCOVERED whales on my WAY to the pedestrian bridge
    • CommentAuthort.e.d
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    markphilips:I DISCOVERED whales on my WAY to the pedestrian bridge


    Then unless you went BACK to get the shot, you've violated the rules of the game and have thus forfeited your bike to the next poster... which, in this case, happens to be me.

    Just kidding... kind of.:face-devil-grin:
  37.  
    In fact I did ride back to the current tag. Also, I sat and enjoyed the whales while eating a snack from the nearby cafe
    • CommentAuthort.e.d
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011
     
    Great spot. I'm sure it will be tagged by tomorrow, but if not...
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 6th 2011 edited
     
    Paseo de Todos or Tag? I only have time for one of the two: Which one will it be; decisions, decisions!

    I will make up my mind somehow and you will find out later what I decided...

    The symbolism in taking the photo diagonally is not lost on me, MarkPhilips!

    :face-monkey:
    • CommentAuthorShady John
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2011 edited
     
    I know those whales--tag!

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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2011
     
    Nice claim, ShadyGaga - looking forward to your tag!

    And just as important -- welcome here!
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    @ShadyGaga: Your first post and tag. Wow. Great to have you join the forum.
    • CommentAuthorShady John
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2011 edited
     
    Here's the next location:

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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 8th 2011
     
    Great spot - betcha it is not often it is that empty in there!
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    I think I saw bmx bikes riding their few times.
    • CommentAuthorAn.dy
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2011
     
    Ooops! I am about 12' off. Does it still count?
    IMG_3757
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2011
     
    An.dy:Ooops! I am about 12' off. Does it still count?
    Yes!
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    Hi An.dy,

    Yes, of course it counts, but I think you need more spokes.

    Shady
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      CommentAuthorSigurd
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2011
     
    ShadyGaga:... but I think you need more spokes.
    He must've broken a few doing tricks in the skate park...
    • CommentAuthorluke
    • CommentTimeMay 9th 2011
     
    Where are the whales and that pedestrian bridge? I'm guessing UCSD but I don't think the winner posted the locale.

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