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- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 10th 2011 edited
luke:Where are the whales and that pedestrian bridge? I'm guessing UCSD ...
Close - whale sculpture is at Birch Aquarium. Ped Bridge is crossing LJ Shores Dr. at Scripps Institute.

Both locations are on the map now (see Post #1).
- CommentAuthoryoshi
- CommentTimeMay 10th 2011
Although not UCSD proper, both are on UCSD property. All my geology classes at UCSD were held at Scripps.
- CommentAuthorAn.dy
- CommentTimeMay 10th 2011 edited
New spot... Shouldn't be too tough!

edit: Oh yeah, the previous picture was at the OB Skatepark at the corner of the 8 and Sunset Cliffs Blvd.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 10th 2011 edited
~~Tag!~~

Just kidding - the above is an archive photo, and therefore an invalid claim according to the rules of the game - this posting just to exemplify how not to claim a tag. The tag is therefore still live!

I took this one as one of several possible tag locations for an earlier tag, but decided in the end to go with another one (the Quince St. ped bridge) instead.

I am all over this one tomorrow, though - see if somebody can beat me to it!

:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorShapps
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011
I'm on way way to it! Hope to beat you there. Or better yet, see you there. Been a while.
- CommentAuthorShapps
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011 edited
Tagged!

Still out but thank you Ted for letting me know about photobucket. Works much better.

Location of tag is at the embarcadero between the Midway and the Bob Hope memorial.
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011 edited
Shapps (Bryan):

Tagged!

Will edit my post when I get home to link image properly. Can't find a way to get a direct link to it in my phone.

Hint... start with photobucket.

Is the tag still live? I don't think it's fair to bend the rules, which state the photo must be embedded, to fix it when you get home. Just my opinion.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011
I tried to fix the link on Bryan's behalf, but the HTML code is some weird variant that does not divulge the URL of the underlying JPEG. Some times these image servers become too fancy in their eagerness to advance.

Perhaps Bryan in capacity of account owner at Flickr can access the underlying JPEG code, but I surely can't figure it out (without copying the image and hosting it on a different server).

I truly hope that Bryan makes it home in time to edit the code himself so that we don't have to enforce the rules: Even though a technicality, the rules clearly state that the image itself needs to be embedded in the post: Pedal hard, Bryan!
- CommentAuthormarkphilips
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011
@Bryan - when using FLIKR mobile app, you can view the photo (once it is loaded in FLIKR), then right click (or other menu keys) to copy the image address.
- CommentAuthorShapps
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011 edited
Here is the next tag. Tried to get it up in time to give the work commuters a chance to snag it on the way home.
- CommentAuthorHMeins
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011
I can get that one tomorrow afternoon on the way home, but I'm sure someone will snag it before then!
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 11th 2011
wpstoll:I can get that one tomorrow afternoon on the way home, but I'm sure someone will snag it before then!
Go for it, WP!

markphilips:@Bryan - when using FLIKR mobile app...
He using Photobucket now.
- CommentAuthorMcLovin
- CommentTimeMay 12th 2011
Dang! That would totally be on my way home if my bike weren't in the shop!
- CommentAuthorHMeins
- CommentTimeMay 12th 2011 edited
Kind of out of focus, but here 'tis:

That's the '87 Olmo La Biciclissima.
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeMay 12th 2011
sweet! wpstoll is in the game :) and with one of the sweetest bikes in all of san diego!
- CommentAuthorShady John
- CommentTimeMay 12th 2011
I don't know much about Olmos, but I approve of the vintage: That magenta bike in the photo at the Ocean Beach skatepark from the bike o rama a few days back is a 1987 Waterford Schwinn Paramount.
- CommentAuthorHMeins
- CommentTimeMay 13th 2011
Go get it, Pac!
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeMay 14th 2011
ahhhh... a challenge eh?! :face-devil-grin: im kinda stumped here though... i might have an idea possibly, i will try to look for it tonight...
- CommentAuthorHMeins
- CommentTimeMay 14th 2011
You're the only other commuter on this board I know of who rides KVR daily. I thought you'd be the most likely candidate to snag this one. I imagine your photo will be taken in the dark, maybe about midnight?
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 14th 2011
I reckon WP gave us a hint about the location in his file title!
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeMay 15th 2011 edited
wpstoll:... I imagine your photo will be taken in the dark, maybe about midnight?

and you are correct sir! southbound Kearney Villa Rd. about a 100 or so yards from the exit/onramp to the 163

i had not seen this before tonight... this is actually right in the spot i am lookin over my shoulder & taking the lane to cross the 163 exit/onramp. i want to thank you for choosing this as your tag, wpstoll. it's hard to put the experiance into words to be honest. i truely love riding KVR! it is quite a beautiful stretch of road... but i will not lie that it is a rather harrowing and sobering experiance at times... and standing by that small monument, in the dead of night, thinking of a man who i have never known... well again, not so easy to put into words, but it was quite personal, & a good thing.... thats the best way i could put it.

R.I.P Larry Mahr
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 15th 2011
PacMUle:... this is actually right in the spot i am lookin over my shoulder & taking the lane to cross the 163 exit/onramp...
That is likely the exact thing Larry (then 79) did that faithful day in 2001, too.

I have no real reason to ride KVR in my travels and have probably only ridden past this location once or twice, but WP has relentlessly reminded us -- and those in positions of power -- of the perils of riding KVR. He has also been successful in having certain changes made to the roadway in order to improve cyclist conditions. However, more work remains to make KVR meet minimum cyclist safety requirements, which would include measures to reduce speed differentials.

For non-cyclists, it is easy to ignore that KVR is the only realistic cyclist route through Miramar Air Station, and therefore is a vital cyclist thoroughfare between large swaths of central San Diego and North County.

I second the gratitude to WP for the work he has done on KVR.
- CommentAuthorHMeins
- CommentTimeMay 15th 2011 edited
Pac's photo perfectly captures the mood I was anticipating. Great shot!

CalTrans and the City are still stonewalling on the high speed transition ramp to southbound 163. I talked to Jim Lundquist about it when we rode downtown with Jim Baross after the Rose Creek Bridge groundbreaking ceremony. This month marks the 10th anniversary of Larry's killing. A decade of advocacy has resulted in new bike lanes, but the 800 pound gorilla is still in the room.

The new bike lanes went in after I let Mike Turko loose on the City. Maybe it's time to make another call!
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeMay 15th 2011
beware the hippies... :face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 16th 2011 edited
That's just "pier-fect"!

I already have a bike photo from this exact location, but it does not qualify as it is an archive photo, of course.

I'll head out there in a day or two - now beat me to it!
- CommentAuthorsvelocity
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2011
I can't believe no one has snagged this one yet! I would but since I'm leaving town for a few days I don't have time to post a new one.
- CommentAuthormfutch
- CommentTimeMay 17th 2011
I would have done it this morning, but didn't feel like stopping in the rain...In retrospect, I was soaked by the end of the ride anyways. Shoulda grabbed it...:face-crying:
- CommentAuthorOld Knotty Buoy
- CommentTimeMay 19th 2011 edited
It took me a while to get out and get it done, but here it is.....TAG.....I think! The glare from the tag post was a little overwhelming.

I'm still struggling a bit to get the images into the forum pages. Thanks to billd for advice and guidance (just sayin' page) on getting the images to load. I guess I've got it figured out now. (Only took a week of head scratching and staring blankly into the monitor...HA!)

Also, I have a camera that takes the shots and I have to bike home to upload it. It makes it hard to compete with the cell/photo phones, but when I have a few days to get it done....even an Old Buoy can play!

Surf's UP but a bit blown out!

OKB

:face-monkey:
- CommentAuthorOld Knotty Buoy
- CommentTimeMay 19th 2011
Here's the new tag.

It's a nice location for watching the moon rise and the tide rise together. Lot's of birds and great view of the city sky line.

Good Luck and have a great Bike to Work Day 2011!

OKB

:face-monkey:
- CommentAuthormarkphilips
- CommentTimeMay 19th 2011
One of my favorite place but someone will probably snatch it before the weekend.
- CommentAuthorHippyOnaBike
- CommentTimeMay 19th 2011 edited
Mine!

This was awesomely close to me- just like my last catch! I would have run by here tomorrow anyway, even though a picture of my running shoes would have bent the rules a tad more than a little...:face-monkey:

I'll try to post the next one tomorrow- I was planning on doing an approx. 60+mi loop starting in pb, assuming I don't get too lost along the way:face-devil-grin: Anyone who wants to join can meet@ mission bay dr. And clairemont dr biketowork meet spot. I'll prob get there around 645 and leave between 7 and 730. The rest stop there will have free adjustments, lube, water, and food before we start!
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2011
I reckon Hippy has until some time this afternoon to post his new tag - so watch this space and plan your weekend accordingly!
- CommentAuthorHippyOnaBike
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2011
Happy now, Sigurd? :face-monkey:
j/k... my riding buddy yesterday altered my planned route (from pomerado-deldios to sdbc+studloop) so I couldn't get the shot I wanted.

However, this place is one of my favorite spots! Good luck getting your bike to pose like mine, if, like me, you do not have a kickstand!:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2011
If I head over right now, I wonder if the same people will still be there?
:face-monkey:
HippyOnaBike:sdbc+studloop
Stud loop?!?
- CommentAuthorHippyOnaBike
- CommentTimeMay 21st 2011 edited
sdbc+stud loop

I think its around mile 16- my riding buddy used to race, and said some of the sdbc 'A's split off there for a sprint or two... he wasn't on top form, so we were just kinda cruisin'
...it's a tough life...:face-angel:

ps. edit- oddly enough, the mapmyride map this links to was mapped by a user with 'gavilian' in the username... my gps wasn't being cooperative, so I did a search for the ride when I got back and it popped right up!
Thanks!
- CommentAuthorShady John
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011 edited
Got it, I think
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
Oh noooo = bruced!
- CommentAuthorShady John
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
Well, I couldn't get my bike to stand up so I propped it up against a tree, so Sigurd's shot is closer to the original--what do you think? Does mine count?
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
I say yeah... If we start stipulating how your bike is to be framed in the photo, how far are we from saying "Bike must be held by the feet of a mime doing a handstand next to an ice cream cone."

Seems like a slippery slope. Good catch Shady.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
Making the bike stand upright on that hill was not simple - I had to take one shoe off, balance the bike on it precariously, and then run to take the photo before the wind direction changed...

ShadyGaga:Does mine count?
Absolutely - you're it!
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
t.e.d: "Bike must be held by the feet of a mime doing a handstand next to an ice cream cone."

Aw man. I was totally going to do that one next time.
- CommentAuthorShady John
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011 edited
Maybe someone can get this one today-
- CommentAuthorHippyOnaBike
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011 edited
~~I have tomorrow off, but considering I work across the street, it'd be a shame to miss this one...~~

Edit- you can't see what I wrote above. Especially you, mark!
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011 edited
HippyOnaBike:... ~~but considering I work across the street~~...
I know somebody else who does that, too...

:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthormarkphilips
- CommentTimeMay 22nd 2011
I didn't know where the current tag maybe but HippyOnaBike kinda gave it away.:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorAlanKHG
- CommentTimeMay 23rd 2011
Yoink.

It's the spinny stone ball thing in downtown La Jolla, at Herschel and Prospect.
- CommentAuthorbikingbill
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2011
That photo is flipped?
- CommentAuthorOld Knotty Buoy
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2011
Does that bike have a left hand drive? The rest of the image seems correct as to orientation.

OKB

:face-plain:
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2011
All sitting in suspense....:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorAlanKHG
- CommentTimeMay 24th 2011
Left hand drive indeed! Just to keep things interesting, y'know?

(I actually just bought it a couple weeks ago already set up like that. I'm thinking of flipping things back so I can install SPDs that work correctly. It's my first fixie in nearly a year!)

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