February 5, 2011

With this start, there is no reason not to hit every month at least once in 2012; the two toughest months are already covered.

The day was more about catching up on the news than about long a long ride.  It was a nice jaunt around the northeast corner of the county and over into southern Lehigh but the stats pretty well show that we spent the time mostly jawing:

7 hr 16 min elapsed time
2 hr 52 min riding time
119 miles
41.7 ave mph

That includes 3 hours of coffee drinking at the Kutztown fire house breakfast.  I think we may have overstayed our welcome as the little girls (dressed as fairies this time, not Brownies) kept trying to clear away our coffee cups.

I caught a shot as the bike rolled 20K on the way out this morning.  As you can see, it was brisk on the way to breakfast.  3 hours later it had warmed up some but we still used the heated gear.  The curves in the roads were surprisingly grit free, but what there was was often at the intersections, right where you need traction to stop or turn, so caution was the word of the day.