I wasn't expecting to ride today. Originally I was going to wake up early and go to the archery range my father shoots at, and take a look around. The way he describes it seems beautiful. As per usual, I slept too late for all the fun, though. When he got back, he brought up the conversation we'd had over dinner last night about mountain versus road bikes, what tour bikes are, and the advantages of recumbent bikes. Because he only uses his recumbent bikes, we have a few bikes who've gone unused chilling out in the garage. They're all guy's bikes, but I'm manly enough to pull it off. Bwahahaha! So, the tally of nice new stuff today came up to: a nice new road bike, sweet cleats that click in super easy, and an outstanding ride up to the shrine to test it all out! I got whacked in the face with how nice this new bike is for me. I had no trouble finding the cleats (my other pair hadn't become "second nature" quite yet...I was still struggling with them.), I beet my speed record by getting up to a whopping 24 MPH on flat ground, and last but definitely not least, I tripled my coasting length record coming down the gradual hill back home from the shrine. I used to have to stop at the development, but a mix of favorable winds, putting more weight on the pedals, and using the curvature of the road let me actually make the turn onto the next road and keep going without a single rotation of the pedals until we hit the rather steep uphill that lurks white a ways from the shrine. Next time, I shall measure. Glee! Oh! And I hit 200 miles in total today. Go me!
~Casmira
Participants today: Casmira-- It was a father, daughter ride!
Miles Traveled: 12.6
Final Destination: Lady of Our Island, round trip
Total this Summer: 205.32
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