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When I have had to tackle roads like this, the only way I feel safe is to do so VERY early in the morning, as in before sunrise. A 4:30am departure puts you ahead of the traffic, and your taillight is more visible in the darkness. It sounds a bit extreme, but the riding is so much more pleasant in those early morning hours - you avoid not only the traffic, but also the heat and humidity. You may miss the free hotel breakfast (sometimes when I ask they arrange to put some breakfast items out early for me - the night clerk gets bored anyway), but it's really nice to stop for a real breakfast down the road after cycling for 2-3 hours and already have a lot of the day's distance covered. While riding across Kansas on the Transam in 2015 I was traveling with a couple of younger guys I had met, and at first they laughed at my early (5:00 - 5:30am) departures - but it got so incredibly hot/humid/miserable that one night when we were camped together it was their idea to get up at 3:30am the next morning and be on the road at 4:30am - that was a great day as we finished most of the distance before it got hot. A word of caution, however - once you get used to that approach you will like it so much that you won't go back to "normal" departure times.
1 week agoYou know how when someone comments on your post you can read what they say in the email? I knew exactly which picture you were commenting on even before clicking on the link.
1 week agoor Peter, Paul, and Mary?
1 week agoYou're right, Bill! I should change it to: "I rode two Baker's Dozens today."
1 week agoI like your time/distance analogy.
1 week agoPossibly referring to Jesus Mary and Joseph.
1 week ago2 1/2 decades... This ain't no race. Enjoy every decade.
1 week agoNot in Canada, eh?
1 week agoCar chasing down bike- not a good sign!
1 week agoAlways listen to the wife. Always.
2 weeks agoThanks Steve!!
2 weeks agoIt's not like Orofino, Idaho, who claims they have "The First State Hospital for the Insane Built from a Brothel," but yeah, I really wanted to see it. :-)
2 weeks ago"timely information" I see what you did there. :-)
2 weeks agoYour bonus payment from the Pittsburgh tourist board is in the mail. I learned a lot, though! Thanks for the historical digging.
2 weeks ago
That woulld be another interpretation.
1 week ago