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Distance:
49.98 miles
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Max Speed:
35.86 mph
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Time: 03:01:34
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Avg Speed:
16.52 mph
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Bike: Easy Racers Gold Rush Replica LWB Bent
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Club: 'BentRider Recumbent Club |
| Weather Conditions: Cool start in the upper 60s with partly cloudy skies and no wind. Warming into the low 80s later with light winds out of the northwest and clearing skies. |
Ride Description: Granville Area Hill Ride. The Huntington team of which I'm a member held a tune up ride for Pelotonia which is now 3 weeks away. I arrived at the park early and found no one there. I drove back to town and got a cup of coffee at a cafe and the guys there said "Oh, that ride was yesterday!" I rode back to the park after my coffee and found folks there unloading bikes and getting ready to ride. A husband and wife team put this ride on and did a great job of organizing. There were 17 bikes including one recumbent-me. We took off at 8 am and rolled up into Granville and then north into the hills and farmland eventually stopping in Homer. I was able to stay with the lead group the whole way and we really kept up a fine pace. I would drop back a bit climbing the hills and then would roar past everyone coming down hills. I was again just behind the lead two riders coming out of Alexandria and heading for home down Raccoon Valley Rd as I climbed the last hill. I thought I could catch the leaders down the final hill and hold on for the finish when I dropped the chain on the inside as I crested the hill! I quickly jumped off the bike and replaced the chain on the chainring. Then back on the bike for the finish. I couldn't catch those guys but finished 3rd easily after an amazing and beautiful roll through the area.
Today's route may be found here:
http://goo.gl/maps/lzQC |
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Granville Area Hill Ride. The Huntington team of which I'm a member held a tune up ride for Pelotonia which is now 3 weeks away. I arrived at the park early and found no one there. I drove back to town and got a cup of coffee at a cafe and the guys there said "Oh, that ride was yesterday!" I rode back to the park after my coffee and found folks there unloading bikes and getting ready to ride. A husband and wife team put this ride on and did a great job of organizing. There were 17 bikes including one recumbent-me. We took off at 8 am and rolled up into Granville and then north into the hills and farmland eventually stopping in Homer. I was able to stay with the lead group the whole way and we really kept up a fine pace. I would drop back a bit climbing the hills and then would roar past everyone coming down hills. I was again just behind the lead two riders coming out of Alexandria and heading for home down Raccoon Valley Rd as I climbed the last hill. I thought I could catch the leaders down the final hill and hold on for the finish when I dropped the chain on the inside as I crested the hill! I quickly jumped off the bike and replaced the chain on the chainring. Then back on the bike for the finish. I couldn't catch those guys but finished 3rd easily after an amazing and beautiful roll through the area.
Today's route may be found here:
http://goo.gl/maps/lzQC
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