by nickpannaman | May 13, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
82 miles ridden – 220 feet climbed – temperature 30 Celsius. Apparently it is unseasonably hot here for May. Normally it’s around the mid 20s which I must say would be pleasant compared to the current temperature especially with the high humidity...
by nickpannaman | May 12, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
100 miles ridden – 500 feet climbed – temperature 29C. God Bless America and the tailwind blowing this flag and us! What a fabulous days ride. Although very hot – the average temperature might have been 29C but the road temperature according to the...
by nickpannaman | May 12, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
91 miles ridden – 3000 feet climbed – 27C It’s official – Day 4 is the new Day 3 (only not so bad). It was a long hot day that split into 3 parts. The first section took us through the outskirts of Natchez into some beautiful quite country...
by nickpannaman | May 11, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
65 miles ridden – 2200 feet climbed – 29 Celsius. Today was a great day. In fact it was the best Day 3 of any trip I have done. Day 3 is when my legs start complaining, I haven’t slept well, and generally I am wondering why I am doing the trip. Well...
by nickpannaman | May 9, 2018 | blog, USA | Mississippi River ride
57 miles ridden – 500 feet climbed It was hot again and we had a headwind. There’s a funny balance with headwinds when it’s hot – it can be very cooling but if it gets a bit too strong or you hit an incline it becomes hard work. First half of...
