OK, this one I'm writing the same day. Not a bad ride. I slept the best I have since starting this thing. Had some great oatmeal from the SAG crew and Tim suprised me with a big cup of coffee.
Mostly downhill today again, except for after lunch. Worst part was Yermo Road parallel to I-15 out of Calico. I almost called Tim and asked for my mountain bike. Sean nearly fell because he could barely hang on to his bars. All of this and a big tail wind pushing us a 20 mph and hardly pedaling. We finally had enough and jumped on the freeway, ignoring the No Bicycles Allowed sign. Awe bliss, smooth shoulder, down hill, wind at our backs. 25 MPH was easy. The lunch stop was too soon at the 26 mile mark. 10:30 AM, hardly knew what to do.
It was a good thing though. Last night I had decided to not be part of Los Rapidos today. I needed some recovery, even if it happened while sitting on bike for 56 miles.
So today Sean and I rode together for the most part. After lunch was harder. We had a fair bit of climbing to do and the wind shifted into our faces. We kept a moderate pace though and finished by 1:30. There where some good downhills in the mix, I hit a personal fastest speed on a bicycle of 44 mph.
4,000 feet of climbing to do tomorrow, I feel better about it today than I did yesterday. Here are some pictures from today:
Pictures to be posted later, got called to dinner.
Dinner at the Mad Greek's in Baker, very filling and good shakes, though I wish I had the strawberry, they looked real good.
Here are the pictures:
Breakfast
Mostly downhill today again, except for after lunch. Worst part was Yermo Road parallel to I-15 out of Calico. I almost called Tim and asked for my mountain bike. Sean nearly fell because he could barely hang on to his bars. All of this and a big tail wind pushing us a 20 mph and hardly pedaling. We finally had enough and jumped on the freeway, ignoring the No Bicycles Allowed sign. Awe bliss, smooth shoulder, down hill, wind at our backs. 25 MPH was easy. The lunch stop was too soon at the 26 mile mark. 10:30 AM, hardly knew what to do.
It was a good thing though. Last night I had decided to not be part of Los Rapidos today. I needed some recovery, even if it happened while sitting on bike for 56 miles.
So today Sean and I rode together for the most part. After lunch was harder. We had a fair bit of climbing to do and the wind shifted into our faces. We kept a moderate pace though and finished by 1:30. There where some good downhills in the mix, I hit a personal fastest speed on a bicycle of 44 mph.
4,000 feet of climbing to do tomorrow, I feel better about it today than I did yesterday. Here are some pictures from today:
Pictures to be posted later, got called to dinner.
Dinner at the Mad Greek's in Baker, very filling and good shakes, though I wish I had the strawberry, they looked real good.
Here are the pictures:
These are some of the neccesities
Breakfast
Bunkhouse
Sam Leading the way
Lunch!
On the Road with Sean
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