Originally Posted by
daleb116
You started in Lawrenceberg? I am impressed. That is right on the river and between the hills and the traffic you must have had some fun starting out. What was the route? Oh, and congrats. That sounds like quite a ride. And an excellent means of seeing much of the state with more of a variety of terrain than the RAIN. Thanks for the feedback. I did the RAIN on the Trek with no problems. After a recent metric on the touring bike I was reminded of the comfort factor, but the two are very close.
Here is the route on Bikely:
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path...p-Indiana-RUIN
There were a lot of hills north of Lawrenceburg, but I'm used to riding in the Bloomington, Indiana area, which is much more hilly, so the hills didn't seem too bad. There is a long hill on highway #1 just as you're leaving Lawrenceburg that is totally out of character for Indiana. It's about 4-miles long and continuous, with a light to moderate grade. Most of the hills in Indiana (at least, where it is hilly) are short and steep. It definitely was a new experience.
Route #1 out of Lawrenceburg had a lot of traffic, and the road had little or no shoulder. And it started raining right after we left town, so the conditions were sort of hazardous. The rain didn't last long and traffic was light for the rest of the route.
The RAIN ride was short on good scenery, wasn't it? Indiana is so boring through the center of the state... like an endless plane of corn fields.