Background

Summer 2007 I rode my bicycle from Seattle to Boston a distance of 4200 miles in 63 days. This ride had been a lifelong dream of mine. I came within a few days of doing a self supported XC trip in 2005 with my son Ryan and his friend Jesse but I got sick and could not make the trip. That was a big disappointment to me. Ryan and Jesse got as far as the middle of Montana before deciding to stop riding. Ryan chronicled their ride here: Ryan & Jesse's Ride Since none of my friends were crazy enough to ride the whole distance with me this year and I wanted some company I selected to join a ride planned and catered by Cycle America. I rode the Pacific Coast Coast Ride from Bellingham WA to San Francisco, CA in 2003 with Cycle America and had a great experience. As it turned out my older son Robert and my friend Wallace joined me for week 2 of the trip and Naomi rode week 4 while my younger son Ryan rode with me the final week of the trip.

The Nine Week Stage Map

The Nine Week Stage Map
Ref: rideacross.com

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Day 11 Townsend, Mt to Ennis, Mt

Left in what has been the norm lately cool morning which later warmed up to be a nice day. Stopped mid morning at a Pastry shop just after we crossed I90. Ride had two rather hard climbs on busy roads with rough shoulders complete with rumble strips. One nice downhill I hit 46mph, Robert 48 but Wallace was the speed champ at 50mph. Robert had a bad experience though his bike went unstable and he had a hard time controlling the shimmy. Not sure why. Slept inside again, much easier than tenting.
78.7 miles
6.15 hrs riding
12.5 ave mph
46 max mph
3472 feet of climbing
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