

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
It fascinates me that the century is what it is. There’s just something about getting on your bike and hitting triple digits, be they kilometers or miles, that holds an allure. For some, it’s a goal to be worked up to over the course of years; for others, it’s a monthly habit. But, as a friend commented this past weekend while riding, “A century is never a small undertaking.” A lot can happen in 100 miles. Flats, crashes, changes in weather, fatigue, second winds, changes in scenery, bizarre ...
Posted by Keith E. on August 27, 2010 7:39 PM & Tagged 100 miles, Cycling, bicycle and century | permalink | Comments
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