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Farview Church, Little Conestoga Road & Farview Road


















I like this house with the half circle front porch on Bollinger Road.

Sunrise

I am starting to see some great sunrises. The bad part about that is that it means that it will be too dark to ride in the mornings before work.

I get up at 6:00 am, ride, eat breakfast, shower, get dressed and need to be on the rode to work about 7:30 am. I can ride until civil twilight gets to be no later than about 6:15 am. Civil twilight is about 1/2 hour before sunrise where it is still light enough to see.

According to the sunrise tables Civil Twilight will be at 6:15 am on September 16 in my area. I might be able to push my morning rides to October 01. After that I will go to my "winter routine". I will lift weights Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I will be off Tuesday and Thursday. I will bike ride Saturday and Sunday when I can start later.

Ride to Hibernia County Park

Today I did a 21 mile ride to and from Hibernia County Park. It is a pretty good workout because there are a number of hills on the way to and around the park.








There was a civil war re-enactment event at the park today. They were setting up the camp.








Hibernia Mansion









Chambers Lake

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Wybrooke Road Accident!

I rode my usual 11 mile loop today and as I was coming up Wybrooke Road I came across this accident.

As I approached the car, a State Trooper also stopped. It was pretty mysterious. There was no hood on the car and it was no where to be found. There was nobody in the car. There was a huge scrape on the passenger side of the car and the driver side front end was completely pushed in.




Both air bags were deployed and you could still see the airbag dust floating in the air in the car. The engine was also warm.


It was like it just happened.

PricePoint Comes Through!

On August 11, 2008 at 6:45 pm I emailed PricePoint about the defective rear tire that I purchased:

I purchased a set of IRC Red Storm 700x23c tires.

When I rode my bike after installing both tires, I noticed a thumping feel from the rear wheel. The wheel is true. I noticed a "kink" in the rear tire corresponding to the thumping. The front tire is fine.

Can you please give me a credit for the defective tire?

On August 13, 2008, 12:37 PM I received an email back from PricePoint:

We apologize for the defect on your bike. We will gladly issue a store credit for the amount of the tire, no need to send the tire back to us.

Pretty straight forward and customer oriented. Thanks PricePoint!

1733 miles Loose Spoke

After today's ride I noticed a slight rub on my rear brake pad. One of the spokes was very loose, so I trued the wheel. It was one of the spokes I had replaced earlier. Maybe I did not have the spokes properly tensioned. They all seemed about the same tension by feel.

I will keep an eye on this to see if I need to do anything different.

1713 miles Rear Tire Swap

I noticed that my rear tire would "thump" with each revolution. The wheel seemed true but there was still this "thumping" feel. It looked like one point of the tire had a kink in it and was the cause of the thumping.

The kink is between the white caulk marks in the picture on the left. The IRC Red Storm Street tires were pretty cheap at only two for $25. I will contact PricePoint to test out the customer service. I can probably use the tire for the front and not feel the thump if they don't give me a replacement.



While the tire was off I took the opportunity to true the wheel since the new spokes could have relaxed a bit. I took some time and got the wheel right on true.

I used the old Vittoria Zaffiro front tire on the rear. There is plenty of tread.

I also reset the Cateye Computer back to 2105 tire circumference for the 700 x 25 mm tire.

The bike rides very smooth now.

Struble Trail Dorlan Mill Trail Head Open!!

It looks like the people that own the old paper
mill property have finally taken down the fence that was blocking the Struble Trail at Dorlan Mill Road.

When I got back from my ride I saw this article explaining the situation in the Daily Local News.

This photo looks on the trail from Dorlan Mill Road.




Struble Trail, access road fence removed
By DANIELLE LYNCH, Staff Writer
08/02/2008
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Staff photo by Larry McDevitt The fence is down at the trailhead of Struble Trail near the old Shryock Paper Mill property.
UPPER UWCHLAN — Fences that blocked the northern tip of the Struble Trail and the access road to Marsh Creek State Park have been removed. But, a balance of $125,000 must still be paid before the purchase is completed.The removal of the fences falls on the heels of an agreement reached between the Natural Lands Trust and Shryock Brothers landowners, John and Linda Shelton. The Sheltons purchased the 44-acre Shryock Paper Mill property in 2005. Since then, a portion of the Struble Trail and an access road to the Marsh Creek State Park had been closed to the public.Natural Lands Trust, a land conservation organization, entered negotiations with the Sheltons in August 2007. On June 19, Natural Lands Trust announced it reached an agreement to purchase 28.5 acres of the land owned by the Sheltons. The agreement has been contingent on approval of a final subdivision in Upper Uwchlan as well as securing funds needed from the state, county and township toward the purchase.

Upper Uwchlan supervisors approved plans for a five-lot parcel on July 21. Two of the lots will be turned over to the state's parks and two of the lots will go toward county open space, according to Upper Uwchlan Township Manager John Roughan Jr.The subdivision's remaining lot, where the old paper mill stands, will remain with the property owners, Roughan said. This lot, which is roughly five acres, is zoned as a limited industrial district, according to Roughan. As part of the agreement, the landowners have granted an easement to go through the part of the parcel that they will retain, according to Natural Lands Trust spokesman Oliver Bass. The easement will allow Struble Trail to cross the Sheltons' property and be expanded to the northwest, he said. Specifically, this 20-foot-wide easement will run parallel to the Brandywine Creek and Route 282, according to Roughan. The Chester County Commissioners announced they would contribute a $1.5 million grant toward the $3.125 million purchase. Gov. Ed Rendell recently announced the state would give $1.5 million toward the purchase, too. Natural Lands Trust President Molly Morrison said this leaves a balance of $125,000 needed to officially complete the sale agreement. She said there have not been any discussions about the funding between the Natural Lands Trust and Uwchlan. But she said there are discussions going on between the trust and Upper Uwchlan about the township's contribution toward the project.Upper Uwchlan is where the majority of the property is. Roughan said the Upper Uwchlan supervisors' position is that the board would either contribute money to the sale if needed or donate money to Natural Lands Trust. Roughan said he is waiting to confirm details of the sale with Natural Lands Trust.Now that the fences are down, members of the FriendsOfTheStrubleTrail.org say they believe it looks better, but they are also not sure what this means, because the no trespassing signs are still posted."I believe it was Mr. Shelton's intent to reopen the parking area and part of the trail to the public, and by removing the fences and concrete barriers, I think he fulfilled the role," Roughan said, adding that he believes the removal of the no trespassing signs was merely overlooked. Several attempts to reach Shelton for comment about the fence removal were unsuccessful. An attempt to reach his attorney was also unsuccessful. To contact staff writer Danielle Lynch, send an e-mail to dlynch@dailylocal.com.
©Daily Local News 2008


This photo is from the trail looking at the old paper mill. I gues you can park at the trail head-- there were no signs prohibiting parking.