Commute 2.0
Date: Nov 30
Mileage: 21
Ride type: Commute/Mixed
Bike: LHT
Temp: 65 and falling
November mileage: 425
Year to date: 2238
last commute of a very-warm November. good times. i woke up early, so i took the longer way through Cherokee Pk., up golfcourse hill, and on to school. 65 degrees for a morning commute the last day of November! the afternoon proved fun as well. i went down Logan (the northerly road i never remember the name of, but gracias a Dios for googlemaps), along Washington and up the Adams St./Spring St. biketrail. i could fell the effects of the brisk tailwind when i proceeded to travel at 18.5mph on the LHT slightly uphill. the BeargrassCreekTrail was in good shape, and over to Cherokee. i sort of cheated in that i didn't go up golfcourse hill, but instead went trail riding again, going up the old mtbike trail to Hogan's Fountain. I hadn't done that trail since before selling the orangish Cannondale oh so long ago. (after thinking about it for a sec, i remembered that I sold the C'dale to a guy in OK to help raise the funds for the Surly CrossCheck. i had had enough of "hardcore" mtnbiking and the Surly has done me much better).
i toodled through the park and Seneca Gds, bringing me near to home. after all the good mileage of late, i didn't want to come home and finish with only 19m, so i extended to the streets behind Farmington. that's where the day got a smidge interesting in that the radar has shown rain ALL day long just ot the west, but it never seemed to get here. well, if i had come straight home, i wouldn't have had the experience of receiving a little cleansing shower the last 2m. and i was close enough to home not to worry too much about dropping temps and wetness.
the 2.0 in the title refers, of course, to the 2" Serfas. i really like them. they seem to be able to handle any situation, and my commute is seemingly easier with the ability to plow through random street holes and cracks. and i get to go offroad safely when needed. good November on the bike.
Mileage: 21
Ride type: Commute/Mixed
Bike: LHT
Temp: 65 and falling
November mileage: 425
Year to date: 2238
last commute of a very-warm November. good times. i woke up early, so i took the longer way through Cherokee Pk., up golfcourse hill, and on to school. 65 degrees for a morning commute the last day of November! the afternoon proved fun as well. i went down Logan (the northerly road i never remember the name of, but gracias a Dios for googlemaps), along Washington and up the Adams St./Spring St. biketrail. i could fell the effects of the brisk tailwind when i proceeded to travel at 18.5mph on the LHT slightly uphill. the BeargrassCreekTrail was in good shape, and over to Cherokee. i sort of cheated in that i didn't go up golfcourse hill, but instead went trail riding again, going up the old mtbike trail to Hogan's Fountain. I hadn't done that trail since before selling the orangish Cannondale oh so long ago. (after thinking about it for a sec, i remembered that I sold the C'dale to a guy in OK to help raise the funds for the Surly CrossCheck. i had had enough of "hardcore" mtnbiking and the Surly has done me much better).
i toodled through the park and Seneca Gds, bringing me near to home. after all the good mileage of late, i didn't want to come home and finish with only 19m, so i extended to the streets behind Farmington. that's where the day got a smidge interesting in that the radar has shown rain ALL day long just ot the west, but it never seemed to get here. well, if i had come straight home, i wouldn't have had the experience of receiving a little cleansing shower the last 2m. and i was close enough to home not to worry too much about dropping temps and wetness.
the 2.0 in the title refers, of course, to the 2" Serfas. i really like them. they seem to be able to handle any situation, and my commute is seemingly easier with the ability to plow through random street holes and cracks. and i get to go offroad safely when needed. good November on the bike.
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