Originally Posted by
tarwheel
Warm and humid this morning with temps in the mid-70s, but still mild by summer standards around here. Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher, and I plan to drive. I'm leaving on a weeklong bike trip early Friday morning and need to give my legs a rest. I have been racking up the miles the past three weeks, including a 45-mile commute yesterday and metric century last weekend.
I'll be riding over the coming week in the area around Madison, Wi, with my brother and friends. It should be a lot of fun. We are going to alternate days riding on the roads and rails-to-trails. Hopefully the weather will be cooler and less humid there.
They have a nice R2T system in central Wisconsin. My mom and dad live up by there in summer. We ride the trail from Reedsburg to Tempealeau on the Mississippi River, a small town about 50 miles or so north of La Crosse. It's a beautiful trail through woods and rural farmland.
You know those trails are unpaved, limestone. Right? I mention it because you said you would be riding roads and trails. I would not recommend using a road bike on those trails.