I had my first ride in 2 weeks. To work was fastest this year! I did not have to carry much of anything.
I had loaded up my stuff the week before. I rode a longer way home and still average 15.5mph. It felt pretty good to ride. I missed it.
[MENTION=301784]PatrickGSR94[/MENTION] That is awesome! I am also double the miles over last year. It really blows my mind that I have ridden as much as much as I have. (mostly all transportation miles) I hope that I can keep it up for the rest of the year. 2 weeks minus one day off is not going to help with the overall mileage completion.
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PatrickGSR94
less than 400 miles to go to surpass my 2013 commuting total, although I started in May of last year so May-December of this year will be the real test.
[MENTION=322871]arsprod[/MENTION] I am excited for you. I am doing my first bike tour at the beginning of August. I am riding the Great Allegheny Passage. I only have a rack on the back and am going to have to put everything ion the rear rack. I am excited about attempting the ride with my gear but I am also suffering from N +1 really bad. I would love to get a Surly DiskLHT or Salsa Vaya2
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arsprod
Very cool - congrats! Cool again this morning, a chilly 61F. Still experimenting with tour setup and this morning rode without front rack - feels soooo much better but now I'm afraid about weight distribution all on the rear. I fly to San Francisco Tuesday to meet my son who rode to the west coast. We're riding from SF to Reno - haven't been this excited since... well... can't remember since!
[MENTION=188444]groovestew[/MENTION] I have yet to figure out why cities are so wasteful. I have been dealing with a big construction project that has rerouted the greenway 2-3 times. the latest they put down gravel and fencing and on the side of a college parking lot. The same lot I have been riding through since the first reroute. I am not sure why they wasted time or money installing all that. Glad to hear that you all were able to bring about change though.
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groovestew
There's a section along my commute where the city is replacing curbs and sidewalks, probably resurfacing the road in the coming weeks too. That's all fine and good, but where the trail meets the road, they inexplicably replaced a nice curb ramp with a 6-inch drop-off curb:
I (and I'm sure dozens of other cyclists) complained, and I'm happy to report that as of yesterday afternoon, that (brand new) section of concrete has been marked for removal!
Not sure why they couldn't do it right the first time.
^that really is the question