Fall Ride Pictures - Share Your Rides

“There is beauty in silence and there is silence in beauty and you can find both in a bicycle.” Mehmet Murat ildan

Something amazing happens when the leaves change, the air gets crisp and sweater weather feels so nice after a hot summer. Before we roll into bike winter, let's embrace autumn and post our pictures (and stories if you have them) on this thread. Happy riding!

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on October 20, 2015 at 7:43pm

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on October 24, 2015 at 10:09am

A few more from this past week...

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Permalink Reply by JJ Kim on October 24, 2015 at 10:22am

Des Plaine River Trail

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on October 26, 2015 at 8:32am

Looks like a beautiful day! I really love DPRT.

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on November 14, 2015 at 11:09am

I like your self portrait.

Thanks for generating this thread help to celebrate the Autumn bicycling experience.

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on November 14, 2015 at 11:21am

Thanks! Fall is my favorite time of the year.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Mysz on October 24, 2015 at 4:15pm

Taken after the Medaryville, IN Crane Cruise last week

Some of the 10,000 Sandhill Cranes that pass through Medaryville during their fall migration. The cranes return nightly to the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Refuge after feeding in area farm fields during the day. The Medaryville area is home to the largest concentration of Sandhills east of the Mississippi river. They're big birds, standing about 3 1/2 feet tall with a 7 ft wingspan.

Hardly quiet, as they come in they announce their arrival with very loud calls.

Check the" Loud rattle calls from huge flock" on that last link to get an idea of what the flock sounds like.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on October 26, 2015 at 6:36am

I love seeing and hearing cranes flying over my neighborhood in spring and fall.

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on October 26, 2015 at 8:33am

Breathtaking photograph. Thanks for sharing.

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Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on November 7, 2015 at 5:26pm

The fall migration has begun. Listen and look up.

While cycling today in the park, I heard a rare but familiar fall sound eminating from up above. An inevitable but sad sign of the change of seasons. The sounds were coming from the V-shaped movment of the migrating birds (cranes&geese) which Larry Mysz let us sample here. The large groups of birds were fighting the Northwesterly winds in their quest South while making the loud rattling call. They were high in the sky, higher in elevation than the jets in their landing pattern heading into O'hare. I suspect this migration may continue tomorrow, Sunday 11/8/15. If you're out taking a ride in a relatively quiet area, listen and look up at an amazing sight !