Dave & Maxine's Bicycle Trek for Life & Breath 2005

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April 30, 2005

Dress Rehearsal?

My past few rides all included some load in my panniers, but yesterday I packed everything, and guess what? Very HEAVY!

Well, I figured the only thing to do was a trial ride fully loaded. So what better than to pick the highest mountain road around here - Mount Washington! So off I went with 22 kgs (48lbs) and after 13 kms I found myself at the start of the long climb. Three continuous pedaling hours later, and I was at the top! Climb distance was 20 kms to a height of 1,282 metres (4,210 ft) Rockies here I come!

A bit of trivia - slowest maintained speed on the way up was 3.1 kph(2 mph) and fastest on the way down was 74 kph (46 mph)!!

Posted by Dave at April 30, 2005 12:31 PM

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Awesome. I'm impressed. I used to drive that rought almost every day, I know what a trek that must have been. If you can do that with your pack loaded, I'm sure you can do anything else this trek has to throw at you.
Seventy-four Km/h too, impressive. One question though, how are your breaks? :P

For thoes who don't know, Mt Washington is imfamous for burnt breaks. Often at the end of a busy day, the base of the mountain smells like nothing but burning breakpads. So I'm naturally curious as to how your little bicyle breaks held up...

Posted by: Ryan Matthew at May 4, 2005 11:35 PM

Hi Ryan - why would I want to use brakes??!!!! If it hadn't been for a very strong headwind, I'm sure I could have broken 80 kph (50 mph) !!

Posted by: Dave at May 5, 2005 12:04 PM

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April 30, 2005

Dress Rehearsal?

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