Distance: 145 miles
Terrain: 6800 feet climbing, constant rolling, wound up at the exact same altitude as we started
Average Speed: 19 mph
Winds: Lightly favorable for most of the day, moderately strong cross winds during the rain
You are not going to believe what that bastard put me through today. 145 miles? Are you kidding me? He had me screaming down hills at 41 mph one minute and racing down my gears to climb the next cliff at 10 mph. And it happened over and over again. I got rained on steadily between mile 77 and 109. I rode on terrible shoulders. I had trucks screaming by 18 inches away and honking. You should have seen me when I got back. I was filthy. It was embarrassing. He tells me that today was the hardest day, and everything else will seem easy by comparison. I said, it better be unless you want to experience a catastrophic failure of my down tube.
Still, I've never done a 145 mile day before. I wouldn't have had it in me before this trip. It kind of feels like I've accomplished something. As for him, he did kind of take care of me, cleaning and oiling and such, when I got into Kirksville, even though he's snoozing now. None of that "rode hard and put up wet" nonsense for me. My man takes care of me when the chips are down. He even complimented me on my smooth shifting. And don't tell him I said so, but I believe the little guy is going to make it. Maybe he's got a little more moxie than I gave him credit for. And you should see his legs. Oh, ladies, I do like a good set of legs, and he is sporting cannons now. Again, if he hears I said that I'll hunt you down.
Well, I gotta go let my lube settle in. Tomorrow we cross the Mississippi, and I don't want to have any squeaks when I reenter civilization. We might have some video tomorrow, with narration even. Today was just too long to carry it.
'Night, y'all.
Sexybike
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Hey Andy; the local critics say you need some naration to go with the video. Is that possible? However I did notice the captions in front of each section. I assume the camera is mounted on the handle bars, it must have a wide angle lens because we can see the brake hoods. The above refers to the previous days video.
ReplyDeletewhoa......145 miles.
ReplyDeletethat's just...well, I don't even know what to say!
145 miles? Christ. My level of self-esteem is slowly approaching the nano-scale. I did 145 miles in April. And I was impressed with that given my given my candy-ass approach to riding in the rain and cold. I used to have a pair. I just don't know where I put 'em. Maybe that's what's clogging up my drier vent....
ReplyDeleteRide on,
Hal Incandenza
Yup. Narration is a possibility, and it would have gone nicely with a traverse over the Mississippi. If only my batteries hadn't died. Check us out on Sunday or Monday. I'll be talking it for real, and that's no joke.
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