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Old 01-16-08, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by JanMM
RAIN goes right by my neighborhood on the southside of Indianapolis. It seldom hits 102 in Indiana but often is too damn hot 'n' humid.
I work every Saturday and Sunday so I've never seen them go by, much less ridden it. Quite an accomplishment to finish.
That area south of Indianapolis was a killer. The east-west route crossed what seemed like a hundred north-south arterial roads. And there was a stop sign or light at each one. Pedal a block, stop, pedal a block, stop. This went on for an hour.

I'm curious how the guys who average over 20 mph for the course handled that stretch. Did they stop at each one and then accelerate up to 20 mph and come to a stop at the end of each block? I'm guessing they blew through every one of them; no mean feat considering the heavy cross traffic.
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