fields of green
June 28, 2008 at 4:34 pmDC
While this photo is from my Uncle’s farm in Iowa we saw some beautiful and similar scenery this morning on our TNT bike ride a mere 20-25 minutes outside of Beltway in scenic Poolesville, MD. Who knew it got so country so fast when you get out of the city.
We drove out to Rileys Lock to meet up with the team. Our ride took us along some pretty remote rural roads, I think we covered a little more than 30 miles all in. One of our teammates took a pretty rough spill on some gravel on a turn at the base of large hill. He picked up a fair bit of road rash on his shoulder and had a decent gash on his elbow full of gravel, dirt, and crud. Nothing that a few stitches can’t fix!
I recently (yesterday) got some new pedals and biking shoes (the type where you lock your foot on to the pedal) and I’m still getting used to the motion of getting my feet in and out of the pedals. When I slipped a gear near the beginning of the ride I was so focused on what was happening with my chain/gears that I forgot I was still locked into my pedals. I coasted to a stop then just fell over on to my side (fortunately I landed on the grass on the side of the road) with the bike still attached. Yeah, that was embarrassing and inevitable….
Great ride and very nice to get out of urbanization for a little while. My handy dandy new on bike computer told me that I maxed out at 38mph during this ride….woooohooo! Go TEAM!
Also…I’d like to report that the bike rack did not fail us and no incidents or damage were reported to the bikes, the rack, or the car.
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June 28th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
the most beautiful photo i see today