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Distance:
49.64 miles
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Altitude Gain:
2,561 ft
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Avg Speed:
17.06 mph
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Route:
Swartout Hill
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Avg Grade: 0 %
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Max Grade: 0 %
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Max HR: 0 bpm
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Avg HR: 0 bpm
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Terrain: Road: Rolling
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Bike: Look 585 Carbon Road
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Club: Schuyler County Cycling Club |
| Weather Conditions: Sunny 90 F NW wind @ 7 mph |
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Rained early in the day and thundershowers were forecast for the afternoon. Waited until afternoon to ride when there was a two hour window of sun predicted and figured I could finish the course in two and a half hours. Worst case I had a 65 % chance of riding in the rain for thirty minutes which given that the temperature was in the ninties didn't seem such a terrible thing. Caught a tailwind to Horseheads up SR 14 and a pretty good crosswind out to Erin. Ride in this direction is an almost steady one-two percent climb for twenty miles then four miles of rolling climb to the top of Swartout Hill. Pretty uneventful day overall. It looked and felt very much like a thundershower was going to happen as I neared the top but after a screaming two mile serpintine descent of Swartout I appeared to have changed weather cells as it was a little cooler down in the valley. After the thrill of the descent I had to slog back through the rollers into a headwind on the way back to Odessa down 224. Finished the ride with another descent down Odessa hill and cruised down to Watkins.
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