Archive for May, 2008
Have Bike Will Travel
My oldest son Jordan and I went on a quick “road trip” college visit to my alma mater, Taylor University, this week. Since I did not want to lose 3 days of training, I took my bike along with me. I grew up in Indiana and rode my first long rides there, so my Hoosier bicycle training ride yesterday was a bit nostalgic. Corn fields, winds, and flat flat flat roads.
The flats were a nice change…the crazy winds were quite another thing.
I was also reminded of the harsh reality that the W-I-N-D can be either your greatest ally or your worst enemy when you bicycle across the midwest and Great Plains states. Personally, I’d take a day climbing in the Colorado Rockies over headwinds across the Plains.
26mph? I am thinking the strong tail wind might have
helped my speed just little bit
