I just realized I had not written here since the end of August! My life has been so crazy that having just barely had time to work and ride I was not getting on here to write.
So what are the highlights of the fall and winter? Well I have had good and bad weeks in terms of getting out on the bike. Twice most weeks, but plenty of weeks with no rides because of things at work or sickness.
I now try to keep at least one day auto-free and do two when I can. I am routinely climbing Mt. Soledad and the Tidal pool hill. Both give me a great ride. I have a new route to explore some more that goes east around the bay to the bike trail to Bonita and then can go all the way out to Otay Mountain. Soon I will go climb it too if there is paved road to the top.
The best result of the coastal ride is that I can run up all the hills around here now. I want to keep that strength.
I have added a seconf linear to my collection and just two weeks ago ordered a Slipstream from Longbikes. Greg Peak was out this way for another reason and brought me a bike by to sample. It was a sweet ride. Greg will set it up for the sort of touring I do.
The big question is what to do for a ride next year. There are three candidates:
England's Sustrans trails
The Underground railroad route from Columbus OH, on south
A ride in Canada, either in the northern parks or somewhere on the Alexander Mackenzie trail.
The least expensive is the Underground RR route because I will already be in OH as part of the Episcopal Church's General Convention. Add to that the costly airfare to other places and.....
I'll put up some pictures soon from my fall riding.
