Tag: bike
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Bike Trip Day 58: Bedford to Columbus, IN
Biking: 40 miles Another beautiful day biking in the Indiana farmland and through the woods. Today’s ride was great until about half way through when we hit some killer hills, up to 13 percent grade. But, it wrapped up with a nice paved trail through the outskirts of Columbus and right into the downtown area…
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Bike Trip Day 51: Rocheport to Hermann, MO
Biking: 81 miles. A thunderstorm delayed us by about 30 minutes this morning, but we still managed to get on the Katy Trail by 8:30 am. It’s our second day of riding the trail, and we’re really loving it. Despite the rain, the trail was in pretty good shape. There were a few branches and…
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Bike Trip Day 43: Norfolk to Fremont, NE
Biking: 77 miles This is a pretty intense week of riding for us. Most days we’ll be covering more than 70 miles. But, we’re getting stronger as we go, so the 70 miles that wiped us out in the first week don’t feel quite as difficult now. Today we took off from Norfolk and rode…
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Bike Trip Day 39: Mark’s reflection on the first half of trip
Today is a rest day, and we’re halfway finished with our ride. Here’s what we’ve ridden so far. Below are some interesting thoughts and analysis from Mark about the first five weeks of riding. From Mark: September 7th was the halfway point of the ride across the country. The plan calls for 72 days with…
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Bike Trip Day 38: Merriman to Valentine, NE
Biking: 62 miles (Denise), 38 miles (Anita and Mark) The three of us are finally in the same town tonight – Valentine. This is the trail head for the Cowboy Trail, and we’re looking forward to spending three days riding it. Last night Brian and I met another cross-country cyclist who was staying in our…
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Bike Trip Day 28: Rest day in Riverton, WY
We call it a rest day, but usually it’s a day to do all the things we can’t get to on riding days. For me, it was a day to take two of my bikes to the bike shop for repairs. Riverton doesn’t have a bike shop, so I drove the RV to a nearby…
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Bike Trip Day 13: Wallace, ID to St. Regis, MT
Biking: 54 miles We crossed into Montana today. Another milestone for us. We saw two bears and a moose. Got to love the Montana wildlife! About 10 miles into the ride, we had a mechanical issue. Mark’s bike had a flat tire. He changed it, but the tire wasn’t seating properly. After a number of…
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Bike Trip Day 10: Cheney, WA to Harrison, ID
Biking: 20 miles A short day. The smoke has finally interfered with our route. We started out in Cheney, near Spokane, where the air quality has been very poor. Brian offered to drive us to Plummer, a place where the air quality was in the yellow. Not perfect, but so much better than in the…
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RV Trip Day 16: Ennis to Dillon, MT
Countdown to cross-country biking: 9 days Mileage today: 73 miles This was day two of the five-day ride from Yellowstone to Missoula. Another beautiful day, with incredible views of the mountains. Brian was my hero today, stopping four times on the route so I could restock with cold water or anything else that I needed…
