Today, I woke up semi-early and rode from home to Middletown MD and back. I rode my favorite steed, the
1950 Norman Rapide and she performed flawlessly as usual.
I can definitely say that the more I ride the Rapide, the more I like the bike. Since it first arrived at my door in February it has been ridden 386.7 miles, which outstrips the mileage of all the other bikes in my collection by a ratio of 3:1 or more.
Over the course of the ride I traveled 31.5 miles, climbed 1572 feet and averaged 13.7 MPH. The pace was not blistering by any means, but I know for a fact that hills I encountered and which I walked up about 3 weeks ago, I was able to ride up today.
In any case, here are some obligatory shots... Nothing fancy because when I'm focused on riding I tend not to take too many pictures.
Norman Rapide - Middletown Breakfast Run - 1 by
Sallad Rialb, on Flickr
Norman Rapide - Middletown Breakfast Run - 2 by
Sallad Rialb, on Flickr
Norman Rapide - Middletown Breakfast Run - 3 by
Sallad Rialb, on Flickr
Norman Rapide - Middletown Breakfast Run - 4 by
Sallad Rialb, on Flickr