I woke up this morning and thought its a good day for a ride....somewhere else! We are having a heat wave right now.
So I got on the bike and rode somewhere else. I went west to Banff Alberta, a bit over 800 kilometers from home. I didnt see anything I needed, and came home. 1652 kilometers in about 16.75 hours. Moving average 108km/h. I tried my kevlar lined jeans, and found that they will indeed give you saddlesores in well under 1000 miles! I got a scare when the (fiberglass?)air conditioner cover blew off the roof of a motorhome I was behind. It flipped up ,hung in the air and landed in the next lane. On the first bounce it broke into a bunch of big pieces right in front of the pickup truck that was passing me, then the impact off the front of the truck caused the cover to explode into hundreds of other pieces. I ducked behind the windshield and it did well protecting me and doesnt appear to be damaged so all is well. Weather was good but the air was smokey. All in all a great day.
I'm not sure what I did wrong in the settings for spotwalla or bubbler, but it did record my gas stop locations, times and destination, but that is all. I used the same gas stations out and back.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=1a9885b6e73352a25c
So I got on the bike and rode somewhere else. I went west to Banff Alberta, a bit over 800 kilometers from home. I didnt see anything I needed, and came home. 1652 kilometers in about 16.75 hours. Moving average 108km/h. I tried my kevlar lined jeans, and found that they will indeed give you saddlesores in well under 1000 miles! I got a scare when the (fiberglass?)air conditioner cover blew off the roof of a motorhome I was behind. It flipped up ,hung in the air and landed in the next lane. On the first bounce it broke into a bunch of big pieces right in front of the pickup truck that was passing me, then the impact off the front of the truck caused the cover to explode into hundreds of other pieces. I ducked behind the windshield and it did well protecting me and doesnt appear to be damaged so all is well. Weather was good but the air was smokey. All in all a great day.
I'm not sure what I did wrong in the settings for spotwalla or bubbler, but it did record my gas stop locations, times and destination, but that is all. I used the same gas stations out and back.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=1a9885b6e73352a25c
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