Janice and I along with our daughter Lisa, rode the Tour de Color at Barron WI this last weekend. It is a charity ride with this years ride to benefit breast cancer. The girls did a shorter route while I rode the longest route they had available which was a 60 miler... but in my case it ended up to be 61 because of a wrong turn. At about the 48 mile mark, the route markers disappeared for 5 miles as a result of vandals. I was lucky and caught my error with the cue sheet early.
Our Tour de Color garb
I felt good about the ride. It is known for having some hills and it did not disappoint. If you click for big, you will be able to see a rider in the distance that I talked to at the 53 mile mark. He asked me what I thought of the ride to which I responded that it was rather hilly. He then told me he was from the area, did a lot of riding and in this area there are a lot of hills and I quote "On this route, they hit em all."
Red Cedar River
I rode this at 61 miles...the ride time was 3:25 which works our to a good avg for me...but the overall time was 3:35 including the picture taking stops. I felt good with that time considering the hills we encountered. I reached a top speed of 52.4 on this ride...but a person tends to loose the speed rather quickly when you start the up side...and takes much l o n g e r.
The ride was on roads with very low traffic and featured a lot of farm land. It's Wisconsin...must have picture of cow.
There were not many people on this ride and I am afraid it may not go on much longer. It is a shame, as it was a good ride for a good cause.
And last but not least, a big Thank You to CAD for the Grand Marais write up on Monday.
Our Tour de Color garb
I felt good about the ride. It is known for having some hills and it did not disappoint. If you click for big, you will be able to see a rider in the distance that I talked to at the 53 mile mark. He asked me what I thought of the ride to which I responded that it was rather hilly. He then told me he was from the area, did a lot of riding and in this area there are a lot of hills and I quote "On this route, they hit em all."
Red Cedar River
I rode this at 61 miles...the ride time was 3:25 which works our to a good avg for me...but the overall time was 3:35 including the picture taking stops. I felt good with that time considering the hills we encountered. I reached a top speed of 52.4 on this ride...but a person tends to loose the speed rather quickly when you start the up side...and takes much l o n g e r.
The ride was on roads with very low traffic and featured a lot of farm land. It's Wisconsin...must have picture of cow.
There were not many people on this ride and I am afraid it may not go on much longer. It is a shame, as it was a good ride for a good cause.And last but not least, a big Thank You to CAD for the Grand Marais write up on Monday.
Looks like a beautiful ride. It's always nice to ride with your family, even if they didn't do the same route.
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Very nice ride. It looks like it could be a good training route for higher elevations.
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