- who can resist putting "Bearpond" in the name, and Bearpond, which is just south of South Henderson, is the northernmost point of the route, and
- Bobbitt because that is the location of the old country store / gas station that could benefit from a few dollars from a few cyclists, and as such, is the planned "refueling stop". The gas stations / convenience stores at Bearpond and Gill don't need our cyclist dollars -- they get lots of automobile customers as those locations are located on Old-US-1 and right next to new US-1. However, Bobbitt, just 4 or 5 miles away, does NOT get auto traffic from off of US-1 and is strategically located among some very good cycling roads. I'd like that store to still be there when I, or some other cyclist, really need it. A few dollars periodically from a few cyclists might help make the difference.
| PUE: Bearpond - Bobbitt: 72 m. | ||||
| @ | turn | go | on | comment(s) |
| 0.0 | R | 2.0 | Pleasant Union Church Rd. | |
| 2.0 | L | 13.3 | Six Forks Rd | ---> New Light ---> Bruce Garner ---> Pokomoke |
| 15.3 | L | 3.3 | Gordon Moore | |
| 18.6 | R | 0.3 | NC-56 | |
| 18.9 | L | 3.4 | Mt. Olive Ch Rd | |
| 22.3 | L | 1.7 | Green Hill Rd | |
| 24.0 | str | 5.6 | (x Tar River) ---> Charlie Grissom Rd | |
| 29.6 | L | 6.0 | Lynnbank Rd | regroup @ ChGrissom / Lynnbank |
| 35.6 | R | 0.7 | Raleigh Rd / US-1-Bus | @ Bearpond |
| 36.3 | L | 0.1 | Peter Gill Rd | @ Gill |
| 36.4 | immed R | 3.3 | Bobbitt Rd | |
| 39.7 | RS | @ Bobbitt store | food & drink only -- no restrooms | |
| str | 7.5 | continue South on Bobbit Rd | ---> Walter Grissom Rd ---> Sims Bridge Rd | |
| 47.2 | R | 4.7 | W. River Rd | ---> Mason St in Franklinton |
| 51.9 | L | 0.8 | Cheatham St | |
| 52.7 | str | 14.8 | (x US-1) ---> Pokomoke Rd | ---> Bruce Garner ---> New Light |
| 67.5 | R | 1.1 | Ghoston Rd | |
| 68.6 | R | 0.2 | NC-98 | |
| 68.8 | L | 1.7 | Peed Rd | |
| 70.5 | L | 1.7 | Mt. Vernon Church Road | |
| 72.2 | L | 0.1 | Pleasant Union Church Rd | |
| 72.3 | R | Finish in parking lot | ||
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Story ...
... ZZZZZZZZZZAPPED ...
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Due to ... circumstances, rather than the comfortable / leisurely ride I was looking forward to, BobH and I "hammered" from 18.6 miles into the ride (corner of Gordon Moore and NC-56 to the just after climbing "Charlie Grissom Mtn", and then again through the end of the Bearpond-Bobbitt route). Bob is doing Bridge-2-Bridge in a two or three weeks, so a hard ride was good for him. As for me ... after last Sunday's debacle, it was nice to confirm that thirty-two 200+ kilometer rides in the last 11 months has given me a good base ... a base from which I can, if I want, leave annoying people behind (I can also ride slowly enough that I can drop annoying people off my front ... and then turn on to a different road).
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Sep-03:
---> LT's ---> PUE: Bearpond-Bobbitt --> ; 84.0 m.; 5h,16m in-motion; 15.9 mph.
Q-1 tot: _23 rides; _1822.2 m.; 123 hrs, 05 min; 14.8 mph.
Q-2 tot: _30 rides; _2604.9 m.; 174 hrs, 22 min; 14.9 mph.
J-A tot: _23 rides; _1944.0 m.; 128 hrs, 29 min; 15.1 mph.
Sep tot: __1 rides; ___84.0 m.; __5 hrs, 15 min; 15.9 mph.
YTD tot: _77 rides; _6455.1 m.; 431 hrs, 13 min; 15.0 mph.
[I missed not having the monthly, quarterly, YTD summary. I'm not blogging all the rides any more, I might not show the summary all the time, but I missed not seeing it. After all, the info on the course, pace, and the summary was the reason I started this blog -- and I just don't want to give that up.]
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