Monday, May 11, 2015

Great Way to Start the Week

Today's Tracking via Ham Radio, GPS, and APRS

Today Jacque was home putzing around the house and quilting and what-not so I rode alone, with no doggie company.  I immediately noticed, that however faster and lighter I may have traveled with ~15 pounds less weight, neither passersby nor neighborhood dogs thought I was nearly so interesting without them.
The wind couldn't seem to make up its mind about whether to be gusty, slow, or howling, but it mostly just fluttered a bit and provided little resistance for me to complain about.  The house outside thermometer showed 72 (!) degrees when I left, in spite of near-freezing temperatures just after sunup requiring a wood fire in the stove, and this is the kind of weather cyclists dream about.
I first rode west up to the Post Office, picked up the junk mail, then rode back east again on my favorite tennish-mile ride down to Mountain Valley Road, north to Entranosa Road, west to Tumbleweed, and then back west towards home on Frost Road.
Today's Not-so-Thrilling Videos.
Passing the Suddenly-Halted Eagle Bike Shelter Project
(Scout Eagle Candidate Spencer started this shelter with  approval from the county but a complaining neighbor  got it suddenly stopped)


Nice Guy Passing with a Monster Load



Ride Started: 12:03 PM    Ride Ended:  1:15 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage:   14.0  Ending Voltage: 13.2  Lowest:  13.1
Lowest Temp  67 F      Highest Temp:  82 F 
Stats from the GPS:    Total Miles:  14.66
Overall average speed            Moving Avg               Max Speed
  7.4 MPH                              8.4 MPH                  30.7 MPH
Total Trip time                       Moving Time             Stopped Time
1 hour 50 minutes                  1 hour 35 minutes       15  minutes

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