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54.5 miles/ +2273.7 ft/ Total miles 1384.5/ Tailwind Today my bike wanted to hang out with the big guys: The ride today was the best so far for views of Lake Michigan. It reminds me of the dunes and pines on Cape Cod -- without the salt. And I ended the day with a ride …
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49.6 miles/ +1312.6 ft/ Total miles 1330.0/ Flat tires - 2/ Total flats 3 Nice ride today through farmland and along Lake Michigan on another rail trail. For the first 11 miles, I rode with a man out for a road ride (after mountain biking yesterday). We talked a lot about biking and bikes, which …
28.6 miles/ +751.0 ft/ Total miles 1280.4 Short ride today, so basically this counts as a half-day off. It also means I have a chance to patch a tube, check bolts to make sure everything is tight, and go over all the gear to see what can be ditched at the next post office. The …
43.1 miles/ +915.5 ft/ Total miles 1,251.8 Nice ride today, back on the Michigan program of 1-2 percent grades on most state highways. And 16 miles on a railroad grade bike trail to get into Traverse City. There were lots of local cyclists out on the trail, and whole families - I think today was …
64.2 miles/ +2483.0 ft./ Total miles 1,208.7. Flat tire: 1 Today I rode along the Lake Michigan shoreline (although I rarely saw the lake) and also along various other lakes just inland. The "flat" Michigan has now disappeared. I had one big hill to climb between Onekama and Arcadia, and lots of rollers almost everywhere …
54.3 miles/ +979.5 ft/ Total miles 1141.4 * I think the Garmin GPS skipped 7 miles. Operator error. Should be 61 miles, but I will go with the GPS data. View from where I am staying: Stopped in Peacock about 8:30 at the Sweetfern Cafe and Emporium , hoping for breakfast. No food, but I …
62.7 miles/ +1350 ft/ Total miles 1090.2 I rode on the Pere Marquette Trail from Clare to Reed City - which is off the Adventure Cycling map. I was able to find a way to ride on paved roads from Reed City to LeRoy (9 miles) to get back on the ACA route. The trail …
52.7 miles/ +551.2 ft./ Total miles: 1,027.5 Rode to Midland this morning, stopped for a cappuccino (!) and hopped on the Pere Marquette Trail heading toward Coleman and Clare. This is an excellent trail and there were lots of local riders out enjoying the day -- partly cloudy, 60s to low 70s. It's nice to …
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38.9 miles/ +493.2 ft./ Total miles 974.8 The big storm that was predicted for Saturday night and all day Sunday actually passed by Vassar and Bay City during the night. There was quite a bit of thunder and lightning, and rain of course. But when I pulled out of Vassar around 8 AM, the skies …
54.4 miles/ +702.5 ft/ Total miles 935.9 I'm not sure who had the inspiration to name these towns in the "thumb" of Michigan after colleges in the east, but here they are. Vassar looks nice and there's even a movie theater: I met a rider also going east-west -- headed to San Francisco-- in …
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Judy's Bike Ride 2017 