I am there and plan to ride wed., Thursday and Friday morning. I can start about 9:15. From pine knoll shores. Kids in camp:) Let me know if you want to ride. Wallace
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 11, 2012, at 9:08 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > In MHC all week. Thought I'd bring the bike. Glad I did. Left my floor > pump in Wilson. Found a bike shop here over on the Atlantic Beach Causeway. > Crystal Coast Bikes. Great place. They have a Sat. Morning ride and a > Tues./Thur. Evening ride. > > Left the house this morning by 6am. Headed over to bridges st. Took bridges > st. to Hwy 24. Hwy 24 to Emerald Isle bridge. I won't lie, when I turned > the corner and saw the bridge, I wanted to turn around. decided to tackle > the bridge. Headed up the bridge. Only two lanes and a very, very low guard > rail. Fortunately, very little traffic at 7 am going into Emerald Isle. > Finally made it to the top of the bridge and it is very tall. Headed down > the bridge and just wanted to get off. Came into Emerald Isle going 30 mph > and turned the corner. Pulled over, took a drink and ate a power bar. Deep > breath, relaxed and took off again thinking the wind would be at my back down > the island. I was wrong. Instead of blowing SW, it appeared to be blowing > SE or SSE. After about 20 miles, I finally reach the Atlantic Beach bridge. > Much better. Four lanes and an actual shoulder. Plus there's a nice guard > rail that comes above my waist. Get to the top of the bridge and its > "weeeeeeeee" time. Hit 36 mph and could have gone much faster but was a bit > worried about the expansion joints. Plus, I'm was just a bit affraid. > Headed back to bridges street and then home. Total ride was 44.5 miles. > Averaged 19.5 mph during the ride. Fun ride other than the Emerald Isle > bridge. > > If anyone is down here this week, let me know. > > Sent from my U.S. Cellular Android device > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
