(Ted writing)
hallo pipple ahf de yoonited staytes!!
We had our first day of hard riding today, and I have to say, I´m not as in shape as I´d like to be. I bonked at about 9 tenths of the way, and it wasm´t fun. The terrain today was like Iowa. It was lots of timy hills, and ups and downs, although near the end were painfully long hills, and blisteringly fast downhills. I enjoy racing trucks. most of the day was spent in caballero country. lots of horses and scrub, and cows. We ended in a town with plenty of stuff in it, and nice enough people, and got a fine hotel room. Easy access to good water, too. All in all, I´m not as strong as Dad, but I hope to be by the end of the trip. We just rode up and down today.
(Andy here)
Sitting in an internet cafe, not really a cafe but just a small shop open to the street with lots of computers. It´s warmer than I would like but that´s okay since the shower in the hotel room works very well. I wouldn´t say that the terrain was like Iowa because the hills were miles long! At some points they were steep enough that we were in our lowest gears. Our lowest gears are very low (34 teeth in the back, 24 in the front). We were up high enough that the air for much of the trip was coolish and we also had a helpful tailwind. Getting out of Guanjuato (GTO) was tricky since the place is so maze-like. We ended up finding the right tunnel and it ended up being uphill, hot and suffocating with exhaust. We were riding as fast as we could to not hold up too much traffic. We managed to get out of town by 8am. The town disappeared and we were soon in open and empty country, to our relief. Traffic was thick in town but everyone was courteous. The roads were narrow but everyone went way around us or slowed down to wait for opposing traffic to pass. At this point we have a comfy room, a town with food to buy for tomorrow and a good internet connection for maybe a dollar an hour.
Now that we are out of GTO we are more of an abnormality, especially on our loaded bikes. I´m not quite sure what most people think but those who we do talk to are surprised. There are plenty of bikes here, in fact they are the primary form of transport in this town, it seems, but most don´t see it as a way to go a long, long way.
We continue to be well.
distance today: 81 KM
riding time: 4 hrs 42 min
total distance: 92KM
PS, we´ll be doing the mileage in kilometers on this trip. It´s easier. Convert it if you like (multiply the number by 0.6 if you want imperial units).
hallo pipple ahf de yoonited staytes!!
We had our first day of hard riding today, and I have to say, I´m not as in shape as I´d like to be. I bonked at about 9 tenths of the way, and it wasm´t fun. The terrain today was like Iowa. It was lots of timy hills, and ups and downs, although near the end were painfully long hills, and blisteringly fast downhills. I enjoy racing trucks. most of the day was spent in caballero country. lots of horses and scrub, and cows. We ended in a town with plenty of stuff in it, and nice enough people, and got a fine hotel room. Easy access to good water, too. All in all, I´m not as strong as Dad, but I hope to be by the end of the trip. We just rode up and down today.
(Andy here)
Sitting in an internet cafe, not really a cafe but just a small shop open to the street with lots of computers. It´s warmer than I would like but that´s okay since the shower in the hotel room works very well. I wouldn´t say that the terrain was like Iowa because the hills were miles long! At some points they were steep enough that we were in our lowest gears. Our lowest gears are very low (34 teeth in the back, 24 in the front). We were up high enough that the air for much of the trip was coolish and we also had a helpful tailwind. Getting out of Guanjuato (GTO) was tricky since the place is so maze-like. We ended up finding the right tunnel and it ended up being uphill, hot and suffocating with exhaust. We were riding as fast as we could to not hold up too much traffic. We managed to get out of town by 8am. The town disappeared and we were soon in open and empty country, to our relief. Traffic was thick in town but everyone was courteous. The roads were narrow but everyone went way around us or slowed down to wait for opposing traffic to pass. At this point we have a comfy room, a town with food to buy for tomorrow and a good internet connection for maybe a dollar an hour.
Now that we are out of GTO we are more of an abnormality, especially on our loaded bikes. I´m not quite sure what most people think but those who we do talk to are surprised. There are plenty of bikes here, in fact they are the primary form of transport in this town, it seems, but most don´t see it as a way to go a long, long way.
We continue to be well.
distance today: 81 KM
riding time: 4 hrs 42 min
total distance: 92KM
PS, we´ll be doing the mileage in kilometers on this trip. It´s easier. Convert it if you like (multiply the number by 0.6 if you want imperial units).
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