When I got up this morning the weather did not look a biking day could come out of this. Fog and intermittent rain sure tried to doom the day. But one should not despair. By 11 AM the sun arrived and the clouds thinned. The streets needed to dry out but around here that does not take long. By 1 PM it appeared I could go biking. After lunch I dressed with the intention of riding my mountain bike. I even had my mountain bike shoes on and headed to leave when I decided the road bike should be the vehicle for today. To along with the sun the thermometer showed 78 degrees (77 at the finish of the ride). Partly cloudy skies and a light WSW breeze made today a spring one. I will take as many as I can get.

Riding my Motobecane Le Champion the 29.44 miles today got me to 296.69 miles for the year. I thought I might get a little closer to the 300 mile mark. January miles totaled 267.25 since I did not get to bike yesterday due to rain off and on all day. Other stats for today: 15.3 mph average speed, 22.0 mph max speed, 80.5 RPM average cadence. Tomorrow could repeat today’s weather and if this happens I should bike some more.

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2-1-2012 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

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