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01-14-07 | 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by mike9903

Great job on the PR, you are a braver man than I am, I have been sticking to the rollers while this nasty weather rolls through SA (37 miles today, talk about boring). Where was your ride at?

Just to echo what everyone else is saying, when I ride the scenic loop route out towards Boerne, I would be thrilled to average 18mph, it is not called the Hill Country for no reason!

I rode on Old Nacogdoches road.... so nice out there

We should ride sometime. I think I will send you a PM.

01-14-07 | 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by waterrockets

I love rides like that. I always suffer and ride hard on my rides, but sometimes I'm just in the zone --- and it's totally different.

There was a solo loop I did from downtown Denver up to Evergreen and back (85 miles). I was hit by a massive thunderstorm that was rolling off the mountains. I got into that zone and was just tearing it up for the whole ride. On the way back, I was descending 285 at 40mph in a downpour. It was just awesome.

I have found that watching lighting strikes off in the somewhat near distance while you're fairly close to home (less than 3 miles) gives you a lot of incentive to pedal really hard. One day I saw a line of thunderstorms moving in, and figured I had a good hour or so before they hit (I was wrong), so I did my 16 mile loop....set a new personal best that particular day...

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