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@Phonamana 3 күн бұрын
I saw some construction going on to the East of the Publix at Starkey Ranch. If you ever rode on the trail next to Rangeland Blvd it ends behind the Publix there. There is a dead end there with the red diamond signs up but, it looks like it could turn into an extension. That is where the plans are showing it's going to go and then towards SR-54. There is a dirt trail there too now that I looked at Google Maps and it just dead ends before it hits the Suncoast Trail. I almost rode in there one day when the gate was left open but, I didn't feel like having to go a long way on it and then having to turn around. Here's the link to the red diamond signs on Google Maps. You can navigate towards SR-54 and just before SR-54 on the left you can see some some construction going on and the dirt road or path that I am talking about. maps.app.goo.gl/n2dqWkrMHt6zoNZZ7 The Orange Belt Trail is supposed to run through part of that around there.
@Phonamana 3 күн бұрын
Just a note: I heard a day after I published my video that the Guard Rail people started to work at the end of Keystone Rd where we turn North to go into the preserve. That's good news. I will swing by and check it out and confirm that.
@russelldayvault 4 күн бұрын
I bike this all the time! What an exciting addition the new trail would be.
@Phonamana 3 күн бұрын
It sure will be. Especially if we can choose which direction to ride to avoid a headwind. I never to see plans for another trail to go from that location. That was a nice surprise to see the plans for it.
@russelldayvault 3 күн бұрын
@Phonamana This is the first that I've heard of this new plan. I'll be following now. Thanks for sharing, hope to see you on the trail!
@Phonamana 3 күн бұрын
@@russelldayvault Thank you very much for following me! I appreciate it! The Orange Belt Trail has been in discussion for a long time. I really didn't know much about where they were putting it. When I did this video, I knew there was a plan there for a trail but, I didn't know it had a name. I had just discovered the plans for a trail to be put there. After capturing some video around there, and when I got home and started working on the video is when I realized the trail had a name. The Orange Belt Trail should be a lot of fun to ride once it's built. I am very excited about the plans I see for it.
@MikeX3000 4 күн бұрын
Do cell phone towers emit high emf waves? What about electronic billboards?
@Phonamana 4 күн бұрын
Yes, cell tower emit some high waves. I haven't done a reading test in a long time but, when I got the EMF Reader, I was checking out high wires and cell phone towes around there, up near Starkey Wilderness Park, At the entrance to Starkey Ranch where I have also been shocked before. There was also a pedestrian bridge around Mile Marker 5 on the Pinellas Trail where there is a power station that put the power lines very close to us and the reading were high but, because we're behind a fence there, it acts like a shield similar to how microwaves have a shield fence built in. By the way, people should stand more than 3 feet from a microwave when it goes off. What's weird is alarm clocks emit some frequencies too and most people have them right next to their heads.
@MikeX3000 4 күн бұрын
@@Phonamana interesting, I always stand back when using a microwave also.
@mgv00 5 күн бұрын
I’ve biked that trail a few times. Really nice
@Phonamana 5 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching video! It's a Great Trail. There always seems to be some good wild life to see out there. I hope they add the Orange Belt Trail there someday. Then people can just park there and have an extra route to ride on.
@MikeX3000 8 күн бұрын
Nice ride. Was shocked when you showed the screw in your back tire in that you have no tread. How is that safe in rain?
@Phonamana 7 күн бұрын
That is the way that the continental Grand Prix 5000 tires start to look after riding them for the 1st couple of rides. After 4,800 miles that rear one is still good. That tire was originally put on the front at the same time that I put one on the back but, after my C2C ride, I rotated my tires which I wish I had rotated before after 6 months of riding which was before, instead of after the C2C. I got 8,000 miles on one tire that I just left on the front and it last the same as too rear tires. Wait until you see my front one that was originally on the back. It might be in the next video. My front one looks like it's about to split in half. LOL I moved it to the front after it started to show wear to get more miles out of it. Had I rotated it after 6 months or 2,400 miles the front one would not have looked to bad. My goal of riding per week to reach is 100+ miles of riding and that's how many miles I put on my tires per week. It seems like after pumping up my tires to the max, that they become prone to getting flats. I had just filled my tires up that day. Wenever I seem to get a flat it's after pumping them up. The tires are just like any other tire in the rain, you wouldn't want to make any gforce turns when it's wet outside and especially on asphalt. In that case, clinchers like mine or dirt tires will both slip.
@MikeX3000 7 күн бұрын
@@Phonamana Alright I'm only familiar with mountain bike tires. Was never into hardcore biking for the most part.
@MikeX3000 14 күн бұрын
So many hot puddles impeding work. Were those piling cut or driven into the ground more?
@Phonamana 13 күн бұрын
@@MikeX3000 the pilings were cut. A construction guy was chatting on my post on the Friends of Pinellas Trail Facebook page telling us that they had problems drilling into the ground there to put the pilings in the holes. He said it was very hard. The rain has slowed down putting the cement down on the trail part. They were putting it down pretty fast until it started raining every day. It always seems like trails around here get built in the rainy season instead of when there is less rain like in December. The Starkey Gap and the Duke Energy extension were both built during the rainy seasons. They would build the trails faster during the dry season.
@MikeX3000 13 күн бұрын
@@Phonamana So maybe by next spring it will be complete?
@Phonamana 12 күн бұрын
@@MikeX3000 we can guess that it might be Spring. I don't see anything other than the rain to slow down the project.
@DrewDrosky 15 күн бұрын
is it really a trail if you have to cross 3 major roadways
@Phonamana 14 күн бұрын
@@DrewDrosky define major roadways.
@Phonamana 21 күн бұрын
I thought I put the update here. I haven't been back to that are near the tracks but, I saw a KZbin video that FDOT has added girder beams over the tracks. I am not sure that we can use the side trail there anymore with the construction going on there. Here's the video in the link. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6qrppuDn7uro7csi=6g17fjNHn8CH2dT-
@MikeX3000 21 күн бұрын
Never seen that trail nearly that waterlogged before. Some scooters don't care about their ride and water issues.
@Phonamana 21 күн бұрын
Me either. I did notice the people on electric bikes and riding devices not seeming to care about their ride. There was another electric bike that rode by me near the ball parks. Wait until the batteries start to corrode after they get wet.
@gooday 22 күн бұрын
There's a lot of draining issues all across the state. It's still from all the recent rain storms over the past 2 weeks. It just takes a long time to drain. Drainage ditches are still flowing. Rivers are still overflowing. Some days the water level is higher than others.
@Phonamana 21 күн бұрын
@@gooday thanks for letting me know. The area near the ball park is at higher level but, I guess the drainage can still get backed up even at higher levels.
@karenharris3183 22 күн бұрын
long ago in years 1960 decade I thought I saw one in New Hampshire it looked like that and it open it mouth to warn me stay away. It was not far from Benson's wild animal park . I did not know they were not from here in our state. .
@Phonamana 14 күн бұрын
@@karenharris3183 these snakes are mostly native to the South Eastern United States. They surely can have a lot of live babies...10 to 20 of them and they are on their own once they are born. I'm surprised you saw one up in New Hampshire.
@karenharris3183 14 күн бұрын
@@Phonamana Benson Wild Animal farm was across the street who knows if they had them and one escaped.
@LakshmiGangatkar-l6q 24 күн бұрын
Our puppy disappeared from our backyard which faces starkey park. Was this close to Aristida?
@Phonamana 23 күн бұрын
I'm sorry you lost your puppy. I am worried about small animals being behind these small fences. People are telling me that Bobcats are common around these areas. This area that I have seen one for a 2nd time in two months was on the Starkey Gap trail South of SR-54. The top of the Starkey Gap Trail is at the most Southern part of Starkey Blvd and SR-54.
@Phonamana 26 күн бұрын
Progress is moving pretty fast around there. Last night Tuesday Aug 20, 2024, the three pilings were put in the water there. The concrete had been laid in between where we see the boards in the video. Sine I ride by this almost three times a week, I think I will just make a video once a week to show the progress if there is a lot done. If nothing has been done, then I won't. I do think all of the concrete near the apartments and in front of it all the way the next part of Pinellas trail will be done by the end of September. The progress is looking like it's moving that fast. I am thinking towards the existing trail, they may have some issues with whatever they are doing there now with the stuff they are putting under where the trail is going to go. The sod should be done in a day or two sometime after the cement is put down and everything checks out OK. I do think the engineer was checking out my video suggestions where the trail could go before they even flew in from Ohio. Running the trail along the wall like that was something that I mentioned but, I did also mention that they would have to cut down some trees there too...which they did. They could have still given us a temporary safe detour by putting a wall up on the offramp like they did on the onramp across Tampa Rd that was South of this location when they put the cement trail in on the South side there.
@FollowThomas 27 күн бұрын
Good sighting. I had a close-up sighting earlier of the year. Always exiting 👍
@juliekovich-recordingartist 27 күн бұрын
Wow!
@MikeX3000 27 күн бұрын
I think the residents in the apartments are upset about hearing the pile drivers work on the bridge during the day.
@Phonamana 27 күн бұрын
For sure! Not only the pounding noise that probably rocking some of the building there but, the beeping noise from the trucks too. The dumb beeping noise when they had the vehicles in reverse at 5 am near Countryside Blvd when they were building the trail there near Meadowood Dr was driving me nuts. They sure took their time there building that part of the trail. The people that were putting a vehicle in reverse, didn't even know how to move the vehicle. I was upset. I can imagine the beeping would drive the residents nuts there too.
@MikeX3000 Ай бұрын
Looking like progress, thanks for the up close preview.
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
You're welcome! Yes, progress is looking good. They are probably not wasting too much time because it's being done in a residential area and those people that live in the apartments there probably want their path back to go to Boot Ranch as soon as possible. Don't tell anybody how close I got...joking! LOL
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
I rode by Tuesday August 6th and I saw 5 pilings on or near the barge. The one piling that was been installed in the video is the last one they put in. It looked like they had equipment over where the trail is supposed to go and it looked like they were started to prep the surface to put cement down but, after the storm Debby hit, the trail part was a little flooded so, that will probably cause a set back there.
@stayingalive2798 Ай бұрын
Great video! I ride by here all the time.
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
Thank you! I am glad you like the video. I get excited seeing snakes like this...as long as I don't run into them.
@MikeX3000 Ай бұрын
Do some more ride videos.
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
I will when it cools off a little. It's too hot to ride in the day time and filming at night doesn't work out too well. Plus the lightning storms we've been having have been unpredictable and dangerous and they pop out of nowhere. Plus I am just getting back on my bike after having surgery on some non-life threatening skin cancer that was on my forehead where my helmet touches so, I have to take time to let it heal. When I get better and it cools off and the weather gets bettter, I plan on exploring some small trails in New Tampa. These heat has lately has been brutal. I used to not care and I rode in 100 degree weather but, I am getting old for that sh*t...LOL. I really like riding in the evening time now when it's cooler out.
@MikeX3000 Ай бұрын
@@Phonamana Yes for sure this summer the storms just pop up and are crazy. They used to move in from the east and you could have some warnings about them heading to you, but not so much now. Just random storms whenever wherever. Not good for any outdoor activities.
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
@@MikeX3000 It's been that way for years. We have to keep looking up because it takes less than 20 minutes for a storm to form over our heads. I was the bad heat a heat dome way before the weather people were. This was the first year I heard them mention it. I think us cyclists notice the difference in the weather before they do.
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
Things, I am interested in capturing video on are the Howard Franklin Bridge when it opens at the end of the year. The new bridge and trail near Tampa Rd behind Boot Ranch. When the trail from 301 along SR-50 officially opens. The South project of the Pinellas Trail loop. All of this will take patience. Other than that I have almost 300 videos on my KZbin that I need to touch up and repost. I would like to ride on the Withlacoochie Trail. I've only ridden the small route there for the C2C. It's seems like a very nice shaded trail. That could be on my list to go capture video on. I will wait until it cools off a little. Even with shade, it can still be brutally hot.
@richblackman-yw8dq Ай бұрын
I want to follow some of your rides do you have Strava to follow?
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
Search for phonamana on Strava. I mainly just work out and ride repeated routes but, on occasion I go exploring trails that are not well known or new.
@jsa4864 Ай бұрын
The 'A' is long in Jabil
@richblackman-yw8dq Ай бұрын
Man you did a good job on the trail. Great video
@Phonamana Ай бұрын
@@richblackman-yw8dq Thank You! I was thinking about riding it again soon but, the thunderstorms are too unpredictable. The storms just appear out of anywhere. That stretch passed the St. Pete Presbyterian Church when I turn to go right is terrible. If you look at my C2C Leg 1 video I go left and show a shorter route that has food places too.
@samjohnson2801 2 ай бұрын
This thing is a pos
@Phonamana 2 ай бұрын
I rode by the cement street light poles last night and they were all moved off the path and closer to the road or parking lot. Now we just have to wait for someone in charge to push the button to put the cement trail there.
@MikeX3000 2 ай бұрын
Excellent addition to our trail system
@FollowThomas 2 ай бұрын
Glad they're working on it making progress 👍
@jenniferpiersee9823 2 ай бұрын
You've got real guts to ride on that part of mcmullen! Thanks for posting this.
@Phonamana 2 ай бұрын
@@jenniferpiersee9823 there really isn't a lot of traffic using that offramp. Plus there's almost enough apace for two cars. I use a flasher as well. I've been riding on it a few times a week for the last couple of years and never had a problem.
@MikeX3000 3 ай бұрын
Thats a bunch of bull
@Phonamana 3 ай бұрын
LOL I didn't want to find out if it looked up at me what it would do. I was mooing at the cows a long time ago at the Brooker Creek Preserve when the Tri-County Trail was new and the cows were scared of cyclists because we were new there to them. I spotted a bull there on the mound after doing that and it was looking at me. I stopped to take a photo of the bull but, it became very enraged and started to charge toward the little fence that was there. I darted out of there on my bike as fast as I could. I didn't want to find out if that little fence was going to hold up. That day, I wasn't even wearing red. LOL
@kcovert3 3 ай бұрын
Just got a new dashcam that will resolve license plates. I'd go out of my way to send it in.
@tanklinsley 3 ай бұрын
Dont ride there...
@Phonamana 3 ай бұрын
It almost doesn't matter where we ride in Pinellas County. It's dangerous everywhere! A guard rail is being put up there soon so, that will help keep trail users safer.
@brucebrosius5372 3 ай бұрын
Wow!
@FollowThomas 3 ай бұрын
It's so hot in Florida already but nothing stops you. I'm heading up north to ride some trails.
@Phonamana 3 ай бұрын
I don't blame you. Safe travels!
@MikeX3000 3 ай бұрын
The zipline is near Bicentennial Park, there is a trail that goes by it.
@brucebrosius5372 4 ай бұрын
Outstanding!
@MikeX3000 4 ай бұрын
The car was doing one of those famous rolling stops before a right turn.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
It was doing more than that. They were trying very hard to stop when they saw me. In the video, they don't appear to be going as fast as they were because they were braking hard. The people that ride on the bikes on East Lake Rd are nuts when there is a trail right here. A deadly freak accident just happened on Thursday just South of this location around 1 pm. The driver caused it on the North side of the road and the accident ended up on the guard rail next to Pinellas Trail on the Southside of East Lake Rd. www.yahoo.com/news/crash-serious-injuries-shuts-down-210421063.html I am glad that guard rail is there. I used to ride around 1 pm but, I've been riding later in the afternoon when it's cooler. I am glad I didn't see that happen or see it after...two days after my incident.
@elainestewart7397 4 ай бұрын
You didn't stop for the stop sign. Might that have made any difference?
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
Do you think that the vehicle would not have crossed the crosswalk had I stopped at that stop sign? My answer is no. As I explained to people on the Facebook page that brought up the same subject was that I wasn't bickering about this. We're human and we make mistakes. I was telling people to be careful with the farthest lane that people turn in because this happens a lot. If you look in my description, I shared another similar situation with another vehicle that cut across in front of me but, that time I saw it coming further away. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXXTlGuki9atgLssi=a5PP66vj-bQ1ylM-&t=460
@northamericadrivingacademy 4 ай бұрын
Hello mate May i feature it with credit back to you? Thank you and stay safe!
@brucebrosius5372 4 ай бұрын
Miss mine too Dave. Keep blazing bro. Thanks for sharing.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
You're Welcome! Thanks for watching. Miss your what? I'm pretty sure I'm going to catch that Bus 54 to the Shops at Wiregrass sometime later but, not this week because we are supposed to have bad weather. Every one of those sub divisions looked like they had some kind of bike trail leading into them. If the trails are anything like the trails at Starkey Ranch then they should be fun to ride on. I think this area will be fun to explorer some more.
@brucebrosius5372 4 ай бұрын
Appears to be an excellent area to get in some quality saddle time. You said you missed your mom after Happy Mother’s Day.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
@@brucebrosius5372 yes, sorry I didn't catch that. This day with my plans falling apart put a lot of things on my mind starting with the antifreeze leaking out of bad hose on car.
@MikeX3000 4 ай бұрын
Such a nice area up there. You say drivers get mad if you don't cross in time?
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
Well, not so much at me. Sometimes they get mad when the vehicle in front of them stops for me and they don't see me so, they honk their horn at the vehicle in front of them not knowing why they stopped. I show an example in a recent video that I shared when I crossed East Lake Rd in Tarpon Springs.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
I meant to put my Google map of where the trail was. Here the route. Bike Trail from Bruce B Downs To US 301 maps.app.goo.gl/JsMS96GdBjqT2AZJ8
@amylipkin2116 4 ай бұрын
I love your videos, but I must admit, I am NOT a fan of time warp!! Keep pedaling...
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching and thanks for your input on the timewarp. I appreciate it!
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
The bags were magically gone yesterday...not but, they were out of sight in the bushes somewhere. You wouldn't notice them unless you were looking for them as I was.
@FollowThomas 4 ай бұрын
This section is one of my favorites on the Coast to Coast trail. Enjoy your ride!
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
I am glad it was your favorite. It probably my least favorite but, I am glad it is there to get us from one to the next. I waited many years for them to complete the Starkey Gap. I used to get zapped here a lot of my Schwinn Varsity bike and up near SR-54 where we go under the low hanging power lines. The power lines emit high EMF and it was causing static shocks with me on my handle bars.
@FollowThomas 4 ай бұрын
@@Phonamana I meant Starkey Wilderness Trail is my favorite
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
@@FollowThomas yeah, I like that trail too. It's very peaceful and relaxing there.
@suddenlysolo2170 4 ай бұрын
Florida is too busy banning children's books and stripping rights away from women to be bothered fixing actual public safety issues.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
Why would they do that to children's books? That's awful! Thanks for letting me know! This low cable is a safety issue because the bike trail is right there and if something hits the cable again, it could be in the busy roadway. The cable people were out there two days later and fixed one up the road by putting a pole in the median to support the weight but, they were at the wrong location.
@brucebrosius5372 4 ай бұрын
Impatient knuckle heads trying to harsh your mellow.
@MikeX3000 4 ай бұрын
You should check out the trial behind 5 Guys and see if its passable.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
I saw an orange vest on that trail there and I felt like they would yell at me because they have to if I went back there. I am guessing after quiting time, we can go down that trail there.
@brucebrosius5372 4 ай бұрын
Thanks Dave. Big ole gator in the retention pound there at Boot Ranch Woodlands Blvd in February. Will be nice when they get that project done. The detour could be problematic.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
Wow! I didn't know that...but, now that you are mentioning it, maybe Chip mentioned it once on the Friends of Pinellas Trail Facebook page before. I have seen junkies back there before that quickly wrapped up whatever business they were doing before I rolled by them around there before. That's why I don't like going that way.
@MikeX3000 4 ай бұрын
At least it looks like you had no oncoming bikers or walkers on the narrow sidewalks there.
@Phonamana 4 ай бұрын
it's an urbanish area. I was surprised there was even a sidewalk there. There used to not be one there. I was surprised to see that squirrel found some kind of nut bar out there. That was hilarious to see it with that. I wished I had stopped to capture more of it on video.