We got rolling on the trike today an hour earlier than yesterday, and decided to ride a loop starting down Gutierrez Canyon Road and thence on to Olde Route 66 over to Tijeras. But it was so HOT today.
No breeze, and just sunny and hot. Climbing the hill up Riders Road to where it becomes Gutierrez Canyon Road was long and we took several breathing and water breaks. When we finally got to the supposedly "last climb" before mostly descent down to Olde 66, we talked it over and I suggested we turn around instead since it was so hot. Jacque was not difficult to convince. The ride back was wonderful, coasting all that way with the resultant breeze in our faces, AND setting a new land speed record. For us. On this trike. It's a wonder the high speed wind didn't burn us up on re-entry. I mean, like, 32 Miles Per Hour, Dudes....
Onward and Upward. When we got back to Frost Road we had recovered our wind and coolness sufficiently that we decided to turn west instead of east and climb ANOTHER long hill... to the Post Office. Which actually made for a fairly nice energizing ride.
After getting the mail we arrived at the beloved Shell Station for our hot-weather treats and enjoyed visiting with several OTHER cyclists stopped for refreshments.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.1 Ending Voltage: 13.0
Lowest Temp 77 F Highest Temp: 86 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 7.89
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
3.6 MPH 6.2 MPH 32.7 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 12 minutes 1 hour 15 mins 56 mins 6 secs
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