Perspectives on Speed
Perspectives on Speed : (Speed as in d/t [distance over time] not as in chemical performance enhancement.) My thoughts: June 1, 2014: Riding my bike to our niece's graduation party. Normal to Princeton, approximate 80 miles, 53 directly north, followed by about 25 west, with three nice climbs in for the final ten miles. I ride a route that I would never take with a group of riders: all state highways, with two miles of interstate thrown in for grins. Not conducive to safe group rides. Route 251 north from Kappa all the way to route 71 where I turn to the west for the rest of the ride. I've ridden this route several times, and it can be a bear with a north or northwest wind. This time I hit the wind jackpot (for the first fifty miles, anyway). Southwest wind at about 15mph and rising promised a fun trip north. For the first 53 miles I averaged over 23mph, including the roll out from my home, and all of the stop signs in the towns I rode through. (I come to at least