by nickpannaman | Jul 8, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
120 miles ridden – 2484 feet climbed. I can’t say as I sat eating breakfast at 5:30 this morning that I was enthralled at the idea of cycling 120 miles. The sun wasn’t even up, my backside was still asleep, and I really wanted to go back to bed....
by nickpannaman | Jul 7, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
79 miles ridden – 1555 feet climbed. Today was a day of two halves – two totally different rides. It started with a fabulous breakfast in the Cowboy Cafe – real American breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and bacon which set me up really well. We had a...
by nickpannaman | Jul 6, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
86 miles ridden – 4660 feet climbed Today was a good day despite waking up with a headache – it turned out many of us did which is apparently to do with altitude. Instead of the usual breakfast buffet we had an option to go to a local restaurant where I...
by nickpannaman | Jul 5, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
91 miles ridden – 5305 feet climbed Today is Independance Day so all riders wore their America By Bicycle jerseys and had US flags fixed somewhere on their bike. We didn’t go through many towns but even at 6am in Idaho Falls folks were camped out on the...
by nickpannaman | Jul 3, 2016 | blog, USA | Across North America
66 miles ridden – 715 feet climbed. Today was another great day. A late start, a good tailwind, slightly lower temperature (32C/90F by 2PM), and, because there was no point arriving at the hotel early everyone rode at a much more leisurely pace meaning there was...
