Tag: Bicycles

Yesterday I rode into little bicycle trip into Chelyabinsk prairie. I headed to Upper Ufaley through Poldnevaya and Cheremshanka villages. It was +8 degrees on Celsius at the morning, Sun was shining and there were no wind, so it was nice to ride without overheating. On the road to Poldnevaya village foresters burned trees branches and there was pleasant smell of wooden fireplace above the road. At the beginning of day it became warmer and ride felt almost like at Summer. Trip from Poldnevaya village to border of Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions is very pleasant, because of highway with very good asphalt coverage. But later and to the Cheremshanka village : hard ride goes on, because there are long slopes to Itkul lake and lots of bumps in the road with the ability to ride into them on high speed, which lead to the flying above bicycle handlebar. On the road I met 2 bicycle riders and after 10 km another one, I greet them and they answered to me the same.

Most of the road to Cheremshanka village I rode without problems, but closer to it on one of the slopes I punched through my tire camera on one of the stones. I stopped and replaced camera ( there is need to note, that one car stopped and offered to me help, I gave my thank to driver, but refused his offer, because I already handled situation by myself ). To not to play with the fate without replacement camera and to not go back on my feet to my home 100 km, if camera will be punched again, I rode slightly ahead, climbed hill near Cheremshanka, ate my lunch and moved back to home. I rode back not so fast to keep my tires safe, and road to Polevskoy was without problems. On the way back I met the same two riders : it is pleasant to met them again, we greet each other and continued our ways to our homes. Next : calming ride after sunset on the highway, that is lit by street lights, was went on. At home I ate my dinner, made slight repairs and adjustments to bike and went to sleep. I rode 130 km and made following conclusions for my next rides : there is need to take with me 2 replacement cameras and cameras repair kit, so that there will be no need to turn back on the 2 / 3 of a way. Now : see you on the next bicycle event, I’ll prepare to it much better, so that there will be no need to turn back on the most interesting part of a story.

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At this Saturday there was bicycles tour to “Talc Stone” lake. Main group, that consisted from 7 persons, headed to it from Yekaterinburg and rode via Aramil highway. I rode from Polevskoy and moved through Kosoy Brod village, according to Google Maps there should be good road to Sisert after it, but it is just painted and there is need to move through the fields from one road to other. So, I missed it and moved to Mramorskoe village; from there I headed to Sisert through wild lands and roads full of dirt and water. After 30 km forest ride I came to asphalt road to Sisert and moved to city on it. There I learned a way to “Talc Stone” lake and navigated to it. There I met rest of group, they came to lake 1 hour before me and already prepared to go home. We talked for a while and drank some tea and said goodbye to each other. I stayed there for one hour, looked at the nature and made some photos and videos.

I decided to move back on asphalt road. To Asbest village and around 4 km after it road is very good; then there are 3 – 4 km of sandy and stony road; then there are 4 – 6 km of dirt to Kosoy Brod village. When I approached it, it was already dark, but prints of protectors of cars and bicycles was still visible on the road. Ahead there were sounds of : train, dogs barking and motors of different machines. After small downhill I came into village and reached asphalt highway. There was full Moon on the East and on the high speed on the good road bicycle freed itself from the mud. After 6 – 8 km from village I came to home, ate dinner and went to sleep. There are new adventures ahead!

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At this Sunday there was bicycles tour to Old Lens quarry, which is located near Yekaterinburg. I rode to it from Polevskoy and met with rest of group at Sisert train station. 8 persons participated in it. Quarry is located near Shabrovskiy village and road to it from Polevskoy highway takes around 20 minutes. While moving inside and outside of quarry there is need to carry bicycle on hands and move on on wooden stairs cases. Quarry is often visited by tourists on weekend days.

On Old Lens quarry previously talcum was extracted; first mining started in XIX century and industrial mining started in 1931 year. This quarry was one of the biggest in Soviet Union. It was closed in 1974 year due to new mining techniques, which were adopted, and now only water is pumped out from quarry. Its depth is 100 m and width and length are 250 and 400 m, accordingly. After quarry we moved back to Polevskoy highway; I separated there from group and moved to my home.

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At this Sunday ( 16th August ) there was bicycles tour to “Sands” and “Draga” near Yekaterinburg. Around 16 people participated in it. Road to “Sands” went on the shore of Shartash lake, then through the forests trails and roads of small villages. “Sans” is the place, where nearby plant stores waste rock after taking minerals from it. After small rest we rode around this storage and few people separated from group, they went back to Yekaterinburg.

Next our way was laid on forests trails ( some of which had lots of dirt ) and highways, which allowed to ride with high speed on them. We wanted to visit nearby dam on our way to “Draga”, but missed on high speed small road, which turns to it from highway. Road to “Draga” laid near small half boggy river and there were lots of flooded areas, on which dirt flew in the air from wheels of bikes. “Draga” itself is located in wetland area and is a giant machine, that takes soil mass inside, recycles it, takes useful minerals and throws out unused soil mass. Near it we made small halt and some photos and then rode into way back, which after wetland laid on highway to Berezovskiy city. Near it some people started to separate from group : I rode to Polevskoy throug Berezovskiy and Yekaterinburg ( there was ability to turn to highway around Yekaterinburg, so that there would be no need to waste time on traffic lights and traffic itself, next time I’ll do exactly this way ) and rode additional 40 km after Yekaterinburg to my city of living. Overall bicycles tour was interesting and left lots of positive impressions. After 2 weeks from now weather should be less rainy and more warm and after competitions there will be ability to go into next bicycles adventure.