Note:
Sweeney/Old Falls/Tonawanda Creek N/Townline/Killian/Bear Ridge/Meyer/Beach Ridge/Bear Ridge/Robinson/East Canal/Donner to end and back to East Canal/Tonawanda Creek N/Transit/Tonawanda Creek to road closed/bridge out, backtrack to East Canal/Tonawanda Creek N/Townline/Diller/Saunders Settlement/Shawnee/Lower Mountain/Baer/Saunders Settlement/Mapleton/Townline/Killian/Bear Ridge/Meyer/Aiken/Meahl/Saunders Settlement/Subbera/Upper Mountain/Blackman/Thrall/Green/Ridge/Wilson Cambria/Willow/Irish/Chestnut/North/Nelson/Wilson Cambria/Brayley/Daniels/Youngstown Wilson/Lutts/Balmer/Creek/Pletcher/Lower River/Main/Jackson/Lake/Johnson Creek/Townline/Dublin/Drake Settlement/Wilson Burt/West Creek/McKee/Ewings/Ridge/Purdy/Stone/West Jackson/Gooding/Glenwood/N Transit/Outwater/Hawley/Park/Prospect/Stevens/Ohio/Hinman/Bear Ridge/Robinson/East Canal/Tonawanda Creek/Bear Ridge/Tonawanda Creek N/Old Falls/Sweeney.
This was an absolutely fantastic day for riding. It started off cool (mid-60's) and then only warmed up to the low 80's with very little wind. It doesn't get much better than this one. I finished this ride feeling pretty good and not completely trashed and feel I could have gone further if necessary, but this was more than enough to set a new, long standing distance record. Very happy with today's ride. :)
This ride is the culmination of 20 years of want and desire. As 20 years ago today (08/17/1996) I rode my longest ride ever of 154 miles. That being until today's 171 mile effort. And I did it at about a 1/2mph faster! I'm not getting older, I'm getting better. ;) This is a tremendous stepping stone to my next major goal, a double century (200 miles) which I hope to attain in the coming weeks.
And as is usually the case with a really long ride, the map is cutoff because my phone died before I finished. |
