by nickpannaman | Jun 2, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
62 miles ridden – 2500 feet climbed – temperature 28C (at the end!) Today was a day of mixed emotions. Pretty much all of us were both elated and relieved it was our last day. Over the last 10 days we have covered 751 miles without a break and our legs...
by nickpannaman | Jun 1, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
102 miles ridden – 2000 feet climbed – temperature 32C What a beautiful day. Although no rain was forecast, because of the rain yesterday afternoon and overnight there was a lot of mist around which didn’t really burn off until lunchtime. It was...
by nickpannaman | May 30, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
66 miles ridden – 950 feet climbed – temperature 21C Weather forecasts are not always right but today it was – it did rain. However it was pretty warm so aside from the spray coming from passing trucks it wasn’t too bad. It didn’t even...
by nickpannaman | May 29, 2018 | USA | Mississippi River ride
72 miles ridden – 4300 feet climbed – temperature 30C Today was all about climbing and flies. It was a bit cooler today when we left but that was more than compensated for by constant small hills or rollers. We try and get enough speed going down to get us...
by nickpannaman | May 28, 2018 | 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...
