Month: June 2010

  • Day 32: Fun In The Sunshine

    68.17 miles (Total: 1558.86) Avg Speed: 11.9mph Max Speed: 37mph I took my time this morning knowing I was getting picked up around 9:15. Joe and Terry packed up and headed off towards Golden City. The Sunshine Bike Shop car pulls up and Alex gets out to introduce himself. We stick my bike and bags […]

  • Day 31: Spoke Out!

    69.97 miles (Total: 1490.69) Avg Speed: 11.7mph Max Speed: 39mph For once the temperature cooled off last night and my tent didn’t suffer too badly from condensation as it has done. We were out of options for breakfast so rolled to McDonalds for a cheap one. The elevations profiles on the maps showed we would […]

  • Day 30: Houston, Texas (County)

    45.17 miles (Total: 1420.72) Avg Speed: 11mph Max Speed: 47mph Breakfast this morning was amazing, we had everything and more. The calories would soon be burnt as the climbing continued straight out of Eminence. Joe got a flat really early in the ride so we pulled by a kayak rental place to fix it. It […]

  • Day 29: Rollin’

    58.74 miles (Total: 1375.55) Avg Speed: 11.2mph Max Speed: 44mph With no breakfast options this morning we had to make the ride to to Centerville on an a packet of instant Oats made up by Terry. We were beginning the Ozark mountains, they are very different from the Appalachians. The climbs are short and over before […]

  • Day 28: The Show-Me State

    78.24 miles (Total: 1316.81) Avg Speed: 12.4mph Max Speed: 39.5mph Terry had left early this morning again leaving me an Joe to sleep in. One thing I forgot to mention in the previous post was the roads into Chester were literally melting it was that hot and the ridges on my new tyres picked up […]

  • Day 27: I Hate Popeye

    48.99 miles (Total: 1238.57) Avg Speed: 12.3mph Max Speed: 33mph Leaving Carbondale we went off route and took a detour on  highway 13, it looked obvious and turned out to be a good call saving us around 3 miles. It was looking like another day of 95+ heat so the sun block was lathered. Its […]

  • Day 26: Takin’ It Easydale

    The rest day started early as we all woke around 6:30 and headed down to Mary Lou’s cafe for breakfast before saying our farewells to Cooper. He was the perfect trail companion and everybody was going to miss him. I’m just glad I had his company up some of those incredibly tough climbs in Virginia […]

  • Day 25: Cooper’s Last Ride

    55.44 miles (Total: 1189.58) Average Speed: 11.3mph Max Speed: 37mph I woke to the sound of horses trotting about this morning and got myself up to a breakfast of eggs and bread. Cooper was last to get up as he often is, his face is hilarious on a morning as he takes a few minutes […]

  • Day 24: Emancipation

    48.33 miles (Total: 1134.14) Average Speed: 11.7mph Max Speed: 41mph The breakfast at the B&B consisted of an omlette with bacon, it certainly hit the spot. Today we would finally be getting to the Illinois border which I had initially intended to do yesterday. After packing up we rolled out an began the 12 miles […]

  • Day 23: The Big Match

    45.79 miles (Total: 1085.81) Avg Speed: 10.7mph Max Speed: 33.5mph I woke at 6:30 knowing today I had about a 50/50 chance of watching the England game. Everywhere around was dry meaning no bars to go watch the game, the church had a huge TV that would have the game on but it wouldn’t finish […]