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Old 04-19-12, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by photogravity
Today I shoehorned a 44 mile ride into my activities. I rode, you guessed it, the Norman Rapide loaner bike. The temperatures managed to hit the low 80's and I rode at a blistering 15.7 mph average speed and was in top gear most of the time. Seems the speed isn't too bad considering I'm not a racer and don't aspire to ever do so. The ride I took was from Big Pool at the start of the Western Maryland Rail Trail to the end of the trail at Pearre Station and then I doubled back on the trail.


Rapide - WMRT Ride - 1 by Sallad Rialb, on Flickr
Originally Posted by kiwigem
That bike is just gorgeous.
And it would look even better with this saddle:

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