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07-17-03, 11:01 AM
I finally found an area here in Alabama, that I felt somewhat safe on the road with traffic. It was in Huntsville, Al, and there were a lot of challenging courses. Since I live in Mobile (fairly flat), I was not use to riding all of the hills, and climbing mountains. I brought my road bike & mountain bike, but the road bike never was removed from the car. Again I needed the extra gears, to get up the steep hills.
As you know, Huntsville is home to NASA, so you have a lot, and I mean a lot of engineers. So there is large population of professional folks, who seem to be into cycling/running. It was nice to be able to share the road. The bicycle shops were also very courteous as well. I have to check out the shops when I go out of town. I even had the chance to try out a Trek 5200, very niiiice! Anyway I just wanted to share this with everyone.
Oh yeh, if you like really good mexican food, they had a resturant on par with some of the places you would find in Texas, not your everyday tex mex, Peptido's. Also found fellow cyclists there, since I brought my bike into the lobby. Everyone was very accomodating, and I look forward to the next trip. Than, maybe I will be able to climb Mt Sano with my road bike. ;)
As you know, Huntsville is home to NASA, so you have a lot, and I mean a lot of engineers. So there is large population of professional folks, who seem to be into cycling/running. It was nice to be able to share the road. The bicycle shops were also very courteous as well. I have to check out the shops when I go out of town. I even had the chance to try out a Trek 5200, very niiiice! Anyway I just wanted to share this with everyone.
Oh yeh, if you like really good mexican food, they had a resturant on par with some of the places you would find in Texas, not your everyday tex mex, Peptido's. Also found fellow cyclists there, since I brought my bike into the lobby. Everyone was very accomodating, and I look forward to the next trip. Than, maybe I will be able to climb Mt Sano with my road bike. ;)