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03-26-08, 01:49 PM
I posted this in the Road forum as well, but thought I'd share wth my fellow C's&A's
I took Good Friday (3/21) off from work. My Mom & Stepdad were in town for Easter and it was supposed get to a high of around 70. I thought, “What a great day to take off and for a good ride and visit with my family!” I figured I would try to leave as early in the morning as possible and try to get 100k in and be back around lunch time or so. I ended up waiting until 8 AM to shove off to let the temp get up to 40. This was to be a fairly easy paced “fun” ride. Took the camera along and everything. I had never ridden or driven a great deal of this route 100k route. So it was an adventure as well.
I only got 1 mile from my house before I stopped and took my first shot. It’s amazing the beauty that is around us every day that we just don’t see. An old barn with vultures perching above…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Aride.jpg
And then another 3 miles later, the Harpeth River…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Bride.jpg
My first challenge, about 5 miles in, was to climb the hill on Lynwood way. It’s a 9% grade (as marked on the signs and confirmed on my Garmin) for close to a mile. No biggie. Spun up it in fair fashion and it felt good. That was the biggest (not steepest I was to find) climb of the day.
Stopped by Alan Jackson’s house along the way. :D Here’s a picture of his guest house…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Cride.jpg
And his real house…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Dride.jpg
Right after this I had my first ever clipless pedal incident. I stopped to grab a fig bar out of my bento box and unclipped my right foot (as is my custom) to dismount. I’m not sure if the wind blew me, or I was on a slight grade or what, but I started falling left. Couldn’t get the left foot out in time and down I go :D. I was laying on the road laughing my butt off. I broke the pattern on this one. I waited 7 months for my first spill and the only the birds and squirrels witnessed it.
About 21 miles in I had a blow out on a descent. According to the gps data I was going about 30 mph when the rear tire blew. The tire was a loss and not even bootable. Looks like a sharp rock punctured the sidewall or something. Luckily I had just passed Trace Bikes http://www.tracebikes.com/ . It was almost exactly a two mile hike back to the shop. It was a beautiful day for a walk, but not so much in road shoes. There was one horse that heard me clopping up the road and gave me the ol’ high sign whinny thinking I was one of his own :D. The blow out cost me about 2 hours by the time I hoofed it back to the shop, and got the new tire put on and grabbed a bit to eat.
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I took Good Friday (3/21) off from work. My Mom & Stepdad were in town for Easter and it was supposed get to a high of around 70. I thought, “What a great day to take off and for a good ride and visit with my family!” I figured I would try to leave as early in the morning as possible and try to get 100k in and be back around lunch time or so. I ended up waiting until 8 AM to shove off to let the temp get up to 40. This was to be a fairly easy paced “fun” ride. Took the camera along and everything. I had never ridden or driven a great deal of this route 100k route. So it was an adventure as well.
I only got 1 mile from my house before I stopped and took my first shot. It’s amazing the beauty that is around us every day that we just don’t see. An old barn with vultures perching above…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Aride.jpg
And then another 3 miles later, the Harpeth River…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Bride.jpg
My first challenge, about 5 miles in, was to climb the hill on Lynwood way. It’s a 9% grade (as marked on the signs and confirmed on my Garmin) for close to a mile. No biggie. Spun up it in fair fashion and it felt good. That was the biggest (not steepest I was to find) climb of the day.
Stopped by Alan Jackson’s house along the way. :D Here’s a picture of his guest house…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Cride.jpg
And his real house…
http://johnkscott.com/images/20080321Dride.jpg
Right after this I had my first ever clipless pedal incident. I stopped to grab a fig bar out of my bento box and unclipped my right foot (as is my custom) to dismount. I’m not sure if the wind blew me, or I was on a slight grade or what, but I started falling left. Couldn’t get the left foot out in time and down I go :D. I was laying on the road laughing my butt off. I broke the pattern on this one. I waited 7 months for my first spill and the only the birds and squirrels witnessed it.
About 21 miles in I had a blow out on a descent. According to the gps data I was going about 30 mph when the rear tire blew. The tire was a loss and not even bootable. Looks like a sharp rock punctured the sidewall or something. Luckily I had just passed Trace Bikes http://www.tracebikes.com/ . It was almost exactly a two mile hike back to the shop. It was a beautiful day for a walk, but not so much in road shoes. There was one horse that heard me clopping up the road and gave me the ol’ high sign whinny thinking I was one of his own :D. The blow out cost me about 2 hours by the time I hoofed it back to the shop, and got the new tire put on and grabbed a bit to eat.
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