Riding my age my next birthday should be a cinch barring injury between now and then, it's only a few months away. I hope to ride my age twenty years from now! People on here inspire my to see that as a very real possibility.

Never been to Mt. Airy but as I understand, there are a lot of "Mayberry" themed components to the downtown including the Snappy Lunch diner. They also have a Mayberry Days event.


jppe, I'm out of town Labor Day weekend and unable to ride in the Tour de Apple. Not sure I want to do the century in that ride just yet, with the three big climbs. Climbs aren't my strong point nor particularly enjoyable to me, at least not at this point.

"We went up Bearwallow from the easy side." I didn't know there WAS an easy side to Bearwallow! By the way, to clarify, I went past Bearwallow, not up and over Bearwallow!