by nickpannaman | May 28, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
93 miles ridden – 2800 feet climbed – temperature 33C With a long ride and temperatures expected to exceed 100F mid/late afternoon it was an early start – breakfast at 05:00 and load/leave at 06:00. I have to admit that facing food that early...
by nickpannaman | May 27, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
57 miles ridden – 1000 feet climbed – temperature 30C (more on that later!) Although today was a short day there was significant negotiation last night for an early start time as we knew it was going to be a very hot day. We settled on breakfast at 06:00...
by nickpannaman | May 26, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
94 miles ridden – 1650 feet climbed – temperature 29C Another fabulous day’s cycling although at 5:30 this morning a thunderstorm came through town which woke us all up. While it caused some concern by the time we loaded at 07:00 we had a beautiful...
by nickpannaman | May 25, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
59 miles ridden – 1000 feet climbed – temperature 27C. Today was a glorious day’s cycling. Lovely temperature, bit of a tailwind, great mix of urban and rural landscape, all in all it was spot on. We climbed out of Hannibal and crossed the...
by nickpannaman | May 24, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
38 Miles ridden – 2000 feet climbed – temperature 30C The shorter day was very welcome as was a gourmet breakfast in an artisan bakery instead of stale raisin bran and bagels in the hotel lobby. We had a much later start at 9am which didn’t really...
