I mapped out this ride about 2 years ago and have talked to a few of you about doing it sometime. I grew up in Asheboro but now live in Raleigh and thought it would be fun to ride door to door from my house to my parents house.
To make a long story short, I decided to do it on Veteran’s Day in honor of my father who passed away earlier this year. I had planned to do it solo, just take my time and spend a day on the bike. Fortunately I have two good friends that basically showed up unannounced on the route to ride with me. One local guy that paced me from Raleigh to 15/501 then another friend rode from Asheboro to Hwy 87 near Pittsboro then paced me back to Asheboro. If not for them I may still be out there somewhere pedaling along back country roads. I had roughly an hour of riding solo and began to question “What are you doing out here? You’re not even halfway yet?” That’s when I crested a hill and ran into my friend waiting to pace me back. It’s not an easy route. I would even call one 6-7 mile stretch at the end "brutal". And it being November I don’t have many training miles in my legs. My friends and family are telling me to make this an annual event. Hopefully I will not wait until Veteran’s Day 2011 to do this again. I’m throwing it out there now as a ride option for the future. The biggest hurdle is the logistics of getting everyone and their bicycles back to Raleigh. Here is a link for the route and I have a cue sheet if anyone is interested. The route starts in the North Hills shopping center which is near my house and ends about a mile from where my mom lives so in total it was around 87-88 miles. (My cyclocomputer went haywire so I did not have accurate mileage or mph numbers.) http://www.mapmyride.com/ride/united-states/nc/raleigh/119128184005010024 -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
