Subject: RE: Tales from the road - long
Author: Lannis
Date: Jun 1, 2005, 8:29 PM
Post ID: 1718959411
Greg Bender wrote:
A few tales from my trip up to West Virginia and back home to Tampa... 2. This was my first time riding in SC, NC, VA, WV, and OH. I was very impressed by the hills, curves, and views - simply spectacular. |
Man, don't tell EVERYbody.....if everyone knew how nice these roads
were, there wouldn't be any room to ride on them....
| 4. I knew I had to beat a path to get back home to Tampa by Sunday night. And, I figured that it was the perfect opportunity to pull my first iron butt run of 1,050 miles door-to-door in less than 24 hours. Greg Bender 1971 Ambassador |
It's fascinating to read about....I have Ron Ayres' books on the
subject, and I enjoy talking to the High-Daily-Miler folks about it, and
reading tales like the above...but none of that makes me want to ever DO
it. (Like reading about a typhoon at sea on an 18th century windjammer;
enjoy reading it, never would want to be there). Some of my most
miserable times on bikes have been when I needed to put on more miles
than I wanted to in order to "make it back" by some particular time.
Your body hurts, your tail is sore, the bike feels like it's hammering
you to death, you just wanna be home...to me, it can be the antithesis
of all the reasons I like to ride.
But those of you who enjoy it, you keep on writing about it so the rest
of us can "vicariously" participate, and we'll catch up with you
tomorrow after a hot shower, a good night's sleep and an extra day of
watching that scenery go by....!!!
Lannis