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With the summer cooling down as California rolls into Autumn, I've started to take longer bike rides on Sundays. Last Sunday, I revisited a route that goes through the San Joaquin Valley foothills near my hometown. I hadn't done that trip since University days. I found out how out of shape I am when I had to walk my bicycle up a couple of the hills. I was on my cheap, heavy bicycle which ended up being a good thing. A quarter of the road had no bicycle lane, so I rode on the shoulder. The total ride covered about 40 miles. This coming Sunday I plan to go up to the same area but take a better route.
Have you ever done a bicycle tour? Let me know if you have. I've only done long rides locally, but I'm interested in touring for weeks on a bicycle.
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Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
-- Albert Einstein
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Beautiful country. Hope things are good for you.
Katelen
haven't got the bikes out here with so many things to keep us busy this summer (house hunting, house moving). And soon the winter rains will set in.....next year for the bikes.
cool photo of the California foothills. And the bike looks cool....
xoox
Zen, you're right about everything tasting good after that ride! The rains are here for us already. We'll see how much more biking I can get in.
i've never done a bicycle tour, and i haven't even ridden a bike in a long time. but i've been wanting one for the longest.
speaking of realizing you're out of shape, i went and played basketball last weak and was totally work out 5 minutes into the game. could hardly breathe, couldn't stand up straight, etc. so sad!
basketball is a definite workout!