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Distance:
50.25 miles
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Max Speed:
25.50 mph
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Time: 03:36:20
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Avg Speed:
13.94 mph
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Bike: Rans Screamer Rd Bent Tandem
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Club: 'BentRider Recumbent Club |
| Weather Conditions: Low 70s to start and clear to start. Upper 70s and increasing clouds with high humidity and very light winds as ride progressed. |
| Ride Description: Back on the Bike Ride. It felt like a long time between rides. Between work and my trip with Stephanie to Vegas and the steamy weather I really needed to get back on the bike. We hopped on the tandem at 6am to avoid the heat and possible showers. On Diley we spotted four deer off in the soybean field. Then on down Long with very little traffic at this early hour. We did encounter a Pickerington police car on Windmiller, then on Diley, then in the neighborhood before Long, then on Long at Bowen, then he turned around on Bowen and passed us again going the other way. It was like we were being followed... We jumped on the trail and soon saw headlights in our mirrors as the ranger was following us on the trail! We lost him over the bridge just past Gender but it had me looking for the black helicopters the rest of our ride. We worked our way down to Bexley and stopped for lunch at COSI. Then back on the trail at Main St. where we ran into a mother and her two grown sons on bikes waiting for the cross light at Livingston Ave. She looked to be young enough to be their sister as we all rode along together for a while. Then we continued along at a really good pace for the rest of the ride as our average shows. We saw Chuck in passing near Heron's pond but we were all moving too fast trying to avoid high temps and the coming rain to stop. Made it back before 10:30am and really enjoyed being back on the bike. |
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Back on the Bike Ride. It felt like a long time between rides. Between work and my trip with Stephanie to Vegas and the steamy weather I really needed to get back on the bike. We hopped on the tandem at 6am to avoid the heat and possible showers. On Diley we spotted four deer off in the soybean field. Then on down Long with very little traffic at this early hour. We did encounter a Pickerington police car on Windmiller, then on Diley, then in the neighborhood before Long, then on Long at Bowen, then he turned around on Bowen and passed us again going the other way. It was like we were being followed... We jumped on the trail and soon saw headlights in our mirrors as the ranger was following us on the trail! We lost him over the bridge just past Gender but it had me looking for the black helicopters the rest of our ride. We worked our way down to Bexley and stopped for lunch at COSI. Then back on the trail at Main St. where we ran into a mother and her two grown sons on bikes waiting for the cross light at Livingston Ave. She looked to be young enough to be their sister as we all rode along together for a while. Then we continued along at a really good pace for the rest of the ride as our average shows. We saw Chuck in passing near Heron's pond but we were all moving too fast trying to avoid high temps and the coming rain to stop. Made it back before 10:30am and really enjoyed being back on the bike.
Our route may be found here:
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