A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[rogruth]

Is that an up-to-date hat on the horse pulling the millinery Float?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Is that an up-to-date hat on the horse pulling the millinery Float?

I do not converse with horses regarding fashion or any other topics for that matter.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Not even sure I know what I'm seeing in those two photos, except that the horse in front in the bottom shot looks a bit dubious about his lovely chapeau, and the forward most carriage in the upper photo seemed to have hubcaps (!) Now, there's forward thinking !

As far as whathehoot that is occupying that boy's wagon, I can't even guess what it's supposed to be saying. Apparently, ours is not the only century with its share of authentic kooks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Not even sure I know what I'm seeing in those two photos..........

How about that herringbone brickwork sidewalk with the cut stone curbing?

[rogruth]

There were several brick streets and many brick sidewalks in my hometown when I was a kid.
@ 2000 there was still one brick street and many brick sidewalks in residential areas.
I do remember several sidewalks with the herringbone pattern. The curbs were concrete.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I do remember several sidewalks with the herringbone pattern. The curbs were concrete.

That herringbone pattern was pretty standard in Greencastle along Carlisle St. but the curb originally was cut limestone....

[rogruth]

I recall many different sidewalk brick patterns. They were rather artistic.
Today a sidewalk needs to be done quickly to keep the cost down and hope
that no one trips on anything and sues the builder. That must have been a
problem with bricks. The surface would become uneven and someone would
fall and sue the owner. Sidewalks aren't interesting anymore. In some parts
of our town the people walk in the streets instead of the sidewalks.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Sidewalks aren't interesting anymore.

Yet, now they are putting cobblestone and brick in crosswalks at intersection here to reach back to that earlier artistry.

There may be hope yet.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

McKeesport, Pennsylvania had cobblestone and brick streets right up into the 60's, seen here, as well as Duquesne, PA, where you can see one here, under my friends and me in the old Merc, that was right in front of my high school. These pavements may still be present and in use.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Not even sure I know what I'm seeing in those two photos..........

How about that herringbone brickwork sidewalk with the cut stone curbing?

Good point. I hadn't taken note.

[rogruth]

Sidewalks aren't interesting anymore.

Yet, now they are putting cobblestone and brick in crosswalks at intersection here to reach back to that earlier artistry.

There may be hope yet.

Cobblestones are hard to walk on.
I was told by a city official that the bricks were being used at crosswalks to make it easier for wheel chair and sight
impaired to know they were near an intersection. Don't know that for sure.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

They are, indeed , hard and hard to walk on. As I remember them, that are a devil to shovel snow off, too, and as a result, no joy to traverse until the snow and ice are long gone. And if you fell on them , they hurt a whole lot more than asphalt. Oh, and forget about riding a bicycle on them, esp. skinny-tired 10-speeders. I'd imagine motorcycles have to be handled carefully on them, esp. when wet, eh?

[webenda]

Oh, and forget about riding a bicycle on them, esp. skinny-tired 10-speeders.

What!

Lumps, bumps, overturned cobblestones and best of all, rock gardens are the most fun to ride.
Just make sure your spokes are properly tensioned. It is the loose spoke that will snap when riding cobblestones.

Paris–Roubaix race--cobblestone section

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References:
Cobbled History => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix
Don't let the road rule you. Rule your road. => http://www.fujibikes.com/usa/bikes/road ... gran-fondo
Rock Gardens are the most fun, but only for fat tire bikes with suspension. => https://youtu.be/maY8Mp77zqY

[rogruth]

Wayne,

Have you become a glutton for punishment?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

We can only hope the best for The Webenda.