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 Ride Stats
Distance: 16.50 miles Time: 01:09:00 Max Speed: 23.00 mph
Avg Speed: 14.35 mph Temp: Min: 60
Max: 78
Category: general: commute - solo
Route: Commuting to and from Hilton Weight: 233 Altitude Gain: 0 ft
Avg Power: 0 W Calories Burned: 0 Avg HR: 0 bpm
Terrain: Road: Flat Bike: Bianchi 32lb-Castro Valley Road Club: Commuter Cycling Century
Weather Conditions: cool at Sunrise; warming at mid-day;
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 Fast fellow from Tennessee
a nice recovery ride;
Aided on the way home by a Tennessee biker on vacation.

This guy was real fast! He slowed down to 17.5 MPH so we could chat about directions for his getting back to Latta Road. The young Southern rider was decked out in "Specialized" from head to toe, -all color coordinated with his high-end Specialized road bike(Ruby?). He offered to pull me along so I had the opportunity of keeping pace and consequently made good time drafting on the ride up Clarkson-Parma Town Line Road. I sent him East at Parma Center Road with directions for making it back to Latta...
  • 51 "C4" days
  • commuter miles YTD: 1178.4 +/-
    Total work commutes through this ride:
  • 65 round trip work commutes YTD;


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