Bicycle Diaries
30 years riding, 15 years writing
Tour de McAlpine
Le Tour de France starts today. So I’m going to try and ride every day of the tour in my local greenway, le McAlpine.
Caught the start of today’s stage before I headed out. I’m watching the noon rebroadcast now, just need to surf the web carefully or else I’ll learn today’s stage winner. Finding out who had won the day’s stage was a bit of a chore in the past, but now with the social web, it’s impossible not to.
Saw the same deer today, at almost the same spot I had seen her yesterday. This time she just looked at me and kept eating grass, rather than bolting for the brush. I’m starting to see more snakes crossing the trails, as the brush along the sides gain height, hiding them from predators.
MTB: distance 19.0 miles, average speed 13.7 mph.
Charlotte, NC
Spent 10 years in Charlotte, a block away from an entrance to the McAlpine Creek Greenway.
Switched to a mountain bike from the road bikes I was accustomed to riding for 15 years.
The time spent on these trails was most appreciated.
Trek Fuel 70
