I recently bought a trailer hitch and a bike rack for Carols car.This way I can take one of my bikes on vacation with me. We usually take her car on vacation (it is newer, it gets better mileage, its a/c works better, it has cruse control, and it rides better).
Our next vacation is a beach trip. I am bringing my old road bike so I can go out for some morning rides. Traveling stresses me out, even to the beach. I find that if I can get a workout in I am less stressed, and being less stressed around family is a good thing ( nobody likes a cranky John).
Later in the year we usually visit her uncle in the mountains. He lives in a valley that is accessed by a 26 switchback climb up a mountain. Every time we have gone there I thought about how cool it would be to try and climb it. Lucky for me I never had a bike with me so I never had too. Now that we have a rack I'm going to have to try it, and I'm in no shape for it.
I recently attempted Kennesaw mountain (to gauge my climbing ability). Even though I rode it a number of times in the past, I am not in the same shape as I was. I have a lot of work to do before we go to the mountains.
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I only got to ride one day. I left the time share and headed to the state park at the end of the island (about 10 miles). I was cruising (averaging over 23 mph). On the way back I discovered why I was cruising, I had a substantial tailwind, which a headwind on the way back. On the way back I was averaging about 14 mph.
But, the reason I only rode once was not the wind, it was that when I stepped off my bike the sole of my shoes ripped off, and I could not find a local bike shop that sold shoes.
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