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I was the first to leave this morning and in about a mile ran into construction. The flagger indicated the road was closed for 10 miles and that they were putting in soil on the side of newly paved roads. I asked about a detour but that would have been I 90. He told me and the others that followed later could ride the road but the vans could not. It was a GREAT experience. Newly paved road, no traffic and only a few machinery problems right at the beginning. After about a half a mile the road was mine with the sun coming up! WOW. After this great 10 mile ride the next 5 or so was that cracked cement with bounces every 10-20 feet. The next 45 miles were basically on low volume county roads in fair condition. Some rollers but nothing to worry about. The wind stayed at about 10-15 mph from the south so it wasn't too bad. Lunch at mile 60 left only 20 miles to go. Again relatively flat but the wind picked up to about 15-20 mph. Scenery was basically the same as yesterday. Soybeans, corn etc on large farms. I started to notice and smell pig farms and chicken farms. Not many but it seems to be taking off. Got to the hotel at 3 pm. By the way Austin is the world headquarters for SPAM and there is even a spam museum. Two of the group biked over there -- Most of us declined. I think I ate spam once that was enough for a life time.
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Early morning at the road "closure" |
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May this oil rig made this guy some money a long time ago |
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More farms |
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Store the grain |
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You guys sure you don't want to join. The scenery is great! |
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Old barn and silo |
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Fields of corn are not quite that large in NJ |
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A lot of this type of building |
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A lot of barns have the brick base |
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Stopped for a break and snapped the yellow and green in
the fields fascinated me.. Guess I need to get to the Dairy
Farms in Wisconsin quick |
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These two riders visited the Spam Museum and got FREE bike Jerseys |
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Remember Spam in the tin cans? |
Notice today I did the entire ride! 1327 feet if climbing turned out to be 1946 according to the Garmin
Departed: | Sep 13, '18, 06:50AM |
Starts in: | Fairmont, MN, US |
Distance: | 80.9 mi |
Elevation: | + 1946 / - 1879 ft |
Max Grade |
3.9 %
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Avg. Grade |
-0.0 %
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VAM | 171 Vm/h |
Ascent time | 03:28:40 |
Descent time | 03:08:54 |
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Total Duration: | 07:52:30 |
Moving Time: | 06:37:34 |
Stopped Time: | 01:14:56 |
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Calories: | 2311 |
Avg. Watts: | 97 |
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Max Speed: | 23.7 mph |
Avg. Speed: | 12.2 mph |
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Pace: | 00:05:51 |
Moving Pace: | 00:04:55 |
Wow that first pic is great, riding off into the sunrise!
ReplyDeleteGlad the conditions were alright. Stay away from the spam!
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