It’s been a great week in Austin. We rode 7 consecutive days, just shy of 400 miles including our first century of the season. We experienced tiny country roads with low bridges subject to flooding, and many massive highways. We spent more time on 6-lane roads than ever before. The drivers and the people have [...]
We wanted a shorter ride after our successful century, so we rented a van for the day so we could drive out to the wildflower fields near Marble Falls. It was an adventure. Much different than we had planned. After driving more than an hour we arrived at the same time as a weather front [...]
Hot, Hilly and Headwinds were what we experienced as we completed our first century in several years. And it was earlier in the year than ever before. Maybe this should be the year we aim for a century every month. Sheila thinks this is unacceptable and I should take it out of the post immediately. [...]
Today we got off the flats. We rode down the 360 to Bee Cave and looped by Mansfield Dam which creates Lake Travis. None of this means anything to our friends outside of Texas so I’ll give you a clue. It was hilly. Not quite Chilly Hilly hill because the grades were longer and there [...]
Today the goal was to ride 80 miles. We did. Our longest ride of the year, to date, and very little to say about it. OK, maybe a few more details. It was sunny and warm all day. The route was a straight out and back along a 4 lane road which eventually dwindled down [...]
We were had an eventful ride today in the Austin hinterland. We’d planned to do an Austin Cycling Association ride – 48 miles starting in Pflugerville. The start was about 12 miles from home so we were planning to get about 70 miles in. We downloaded the map into our Garmin and left. Here’s an [...]
We’d already planned a Spring Break trip to Texas. Turns out to be a great opportunity to train for our big tour and test out all our equipment. We arrived in Austin Saturday the 14th after 11 hours of traveling, including 3 hours at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport. The first thing we saw upon arriving [...]
There are probably many other articles on playing well with tandems. I’m sure every tandem team has their unique views on this subject. Having just completed our first commercial ride of the season, riding in a large pack of single bikes, several things come to mind that will or will not endear you to us [...]
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