Ride Home

Most of my commuting to and from work is done by bike. It's only 7.5 miles each way, uphill headed home. I ride in on the roads, since they're pretty much empty at 6 in the morning. The trip home is a different story. Two-thirds of the way home there is a decent hill. Nothing difficult, but it was rated CAT 3 during the women's Giro d'Italia several years ago. Traffic in the afternoon can get pretty heavy and the road is curvy and narrow. Recently a bike path has been built on the old farm roads through the fields. It covers about half of my commute and makes for a quiet, enjoyable ride without the possibility of becoming roadkill.




You can't tell from the pictures, but there is a fair amount of debris on the path from tractors. This puts the road bike out of the question, so my main ride lately has been my touring bike.



Look at that beast! It's probably twice the weight of my roadbike, so at least it makes a good workout for the legs!