Pat and I have been exploring the Outer Banks of NC on our tandem. For the first three of days in NC we explored the northern half of the Outer Banks, (written in NC as OBX). The northern end of the islands is the most developed part, but has two big advantages - bike lane/paths and a steady wind out of the north which blew us back to our inn when we tired. On the third day we decided to head south to visit a lighthouse, probably less than 20 miles south of the inn. We enjoyed the ride down and the site seeing, but the ride back into the wind was exhausting. So on our last full day we decided to drive south toward Cape Hatteras and then ride north. We loaded the tandem on the top of the Golf Sportwagon and headed out. The drive was lovely, on a narrow road bordered by dunes along the national seashore. The stunning sand dunes and absolutely gorgeous beaches to walk on made the trip worthwhile even as the wind whipped sand stung our bare legs. When we got as far as Avon, 43 miles south on the First Colonial Inn, we concluded that we weren’t going to find any rideable roads, made a U turn and headed back.
At this point we noticed that on the trip down we had averaged an amazing 63mpg! By the time we had returned along the same road that average had dropped to 52, which is a difference of 22 mpg! You can put that in your powermeter and smoke it! Michael, now in Chincoteague Va. and slowly meandering back to Vermont. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
