NH Sea Coast Ride
Let's do it again. The ride was awesome. 3 states, we must have stopped @ 6 State Parks ( Nubble Light was the best), talked to bunches of people. Many were very curious about Johns bike. We had some nice conversations. I had hoped to get my MB finished for the trip, but @ 10 PM Fri , realized it wasn't going to happen. Not wanting to bail out I grabbed my recumbent, w/ the intention of drafting JG.
This worked real well especially heading out into the 20+ mph headwind.
Johns a big guy & it felt like I was drafting a UPS Truck. In spite of it being 47 Deg F & the wind, the Sun was shining & it was actually pretty nice. I warmed up real quick trying to suck JG's wheel. We must have been a comical sight for many of the folks walking would turn & point w/ big smiles on their faces. The fumes wern't so bad, but I did notice when I got home & washed the white towel I used had a large black imprint of my face.
Fortunately there were not many hills, but the ones we hit I would bog down, but for every uphill there is a downhill. I got up to 38 MPH a couple of times downhill & downwind heading South from Maine. The strain of trying to hold JG's wheel, the wind & hills got to me & I started to get leg cramps.
We stopped I drained a Qt of Gatorade & we headed out. Things went well until we hit the Hampton Bridge. There is construction going on so I decided to take the sidewalk. On the back side clipping along 20+ mph I hit a sand trap. The wind had blown sand over the walk & it was getting dark. My narrow tires knifed through it as I swerved left right left, finally crashing against the guard rail. No harm done we headed back for the last 3-4 miles.
I hope we can get a big group together before Winter takes over.