Sunday, March 14, 2021

Mar-07, 09, 11: Even More Errand Rides

Continuing with the minimalist posting(s) for errand rides: 
 
 
Mar-07
  •  -> friend's -> TLC-4-Bikes ->  
    • stopped in at the bike shop to chat with owner/mechanic, but he / store was quite busy  
  • (return original of Duke Hosp papers previously picked up Mar-03 for copying / analysis) 
  • colder than sunny apparent 50F should have been -> "shorted" ride 
    • gonna' be hard to get in adequate shape for the late April 200 brevet if I keep "shorting" rides 
  • standing all the way, of course 
  • 4.3-miles total, almost all on sidewalks.    ~ 20-minutes ride time.    12.6-mph. 
 
Mar-09 
  • -> friend's -> E.MineCrTrail ->   (re:  adjust drain pipe pitch) 
  • 1.62-m going,  3.88-m return via hilly n'hood + trail 
    • I've been going and coming via the flat way along the two major roads, but I've decided to start returning via the neighborhood way, which has two or three neighborhood quality (short but steep) climbs each way.  Additionally, if I'm limited to just an errand ride, I've decided to include at least one round trip on the "E. Mine Creek Trail" -- a one-mile each way greenway which is currently unconnected to other greenways -- or at least a "connection" is not obvious to the uninitiated.  
    • By the way, going through the neighborhood on the return and including the greenway, which drops more than 100 feet from the north end to the south end, results in total climbing on the errand-commute route of 39-feet-per-mile (and considering that the "going" 1.62-miles probably has less than 60-feet of total climbing, ...)
  • standing all the way 
  • 5.5-miles total.    ~ 28-minutes ride time.    11.7-mph. 
  
Mar-11 
  •  -> friend's -> E.MineCrTrail ->   (re:  spray weeds) 
  • 1.64-m going,  3.82 return via hilly n'hood + trail  
  • standing all the way 
  • 5.5-miles total.    ~ 27-minutes ride time.    11.9-mph. 

 

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