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Old 11-12-12 | 09:10 AM
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TimmyT
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Bikes: Black Mountain Cycles Road and canti MX, Cannondale CAAD12, Bob Jackson Vigorelli

In October, I got a three metric centuries in within a week of each other. I haven't sorted through those photos yet, so it might take me a couple of weeks to get those updated.

As for the ride with rhm yesterday, here are some photos.

Early in the day, we had fog from the snow that was ablating in the warming sun. I had to pull my glasses down a couple of times because they had fogged over.


We took a turn down the "bushmeat" sand road that runs behind the animal park. Here is a cud-chewing Watusi:


A little later, we passed St. Vladimir's Russian Orthodox Church. Onion-domed churches are not very common on the East Coast. This is beautiful in the morning light.


Eventually, we wound up on some of the sand roads as we attempted to make it to the pygmy forest. This was tough going. I had to deflate my tires by about 20 psi to keep up with rhm. Here he is going around one of the many large puddles on the route.


Here's the exit to the pine forest. This guy followed me all day!


All in all, 117 miles traveled. I picked up a metal bit in the tire, and we switched the tube as night fell, but by the time I made it back home the wire had worked its way back into the other tube. I will have to find that later.
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