Jul 06 2008
Ride stats today Cambridge to Canterbury 80 miles Not much elevation gain Even fewer animals 20 mile an hour headwind 2 sore bums, 4 strong legs, 2 dirty bikes Today was our last day on the saddle for a while. This last circuit brought us within distance of the gorgeous white cliffs of Dover. From [...]
Jul 05 2008
Ride stats today Nottingham to Cambridge 70 miles 100 sheep. 25 cows. 1 pony on a leash (see video) Today started out a bit rocky but ended on a high note. We’ve been in the UK for nearly two weeks now, and the longest rain we’ve biked through has been 30 minutes…until today. I guess [...]
Jul 04 2008
Today is a scheduled rest day in Nottingham. We’ve got beautiful weather here and it’s a great little town to enjoy. Since we don’t have any ride stories from today, I thought I’d share a short article that I came across in Outside Magazine. Here is a link to the web version of the article. [...]
Jul 02 2008
Ride stats today Newcastle to Leeds 90 miles 5100 feet climbed 4000 sheep; 200 cows; 7 horses The winds were strong early on, but eased after a few hours. We fought a similar terrain profile as yesterday for the first 30 miles, but the middle 30 miles of our route was on a highway with [...]
Jul 01 2008
Ride stats today Edinburgh to Newcastle 110 miles 6875 feet climbed Winds: 15 mph sustained, gusting to 35 mph 6500 sheep; 1200 cows Tough Roads; Tough Weather. Today turned into quite a late day. We looked at the altitude profile last night, and it looked like a tame day compared with the rest of our [...]
Jun 30 2008
No ride today. We rested in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland. The pictures tell a thousand words. But in short we Visited the Edinburgh castle Spoke with Tim the Manager of the large Edinburgh Bike Co-op, and Visited local cultural shops. It was a wonderfully relaxing day, and our quads, hammies and gluts thanked [...]
Adam, Neal, & Amy
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