RIDE NOTES… Went to Lakeside Sports in Del Rio, TX this morning for some bicycle repairs. I have been having a very subtle clicking issue in my pedals or crank somewhere. Jesus at the bike shop could not find the clicking issue and he said to not worry about it until it gets worse. Lakeside…
RIDE NOTES… Unbelievable amount of bugs in the motel room last night. I woke up at 1:30 AM and they were EVERYWHERE!! Nothing I could do but wait for daylight and leave. Left right at first light and rode a long hard 28 miles to Comstock, TX. Had a good lunch at J&P Bar and…
RIDE NOTES… No food last night and the only thing in town for breakfast this morning is the “Stripes” gas station. Breakfast tacos and they could not have been better! Or maybe I was just so hungry I didn’t care. Either way they hit the spot. 62 mile ride today from Sanderson, TX to Langtry,…
RIDE NOTES… I am currently on map #46 out of 108. After a big breakfast at the only place for breakfast in Marathon I began a somewhat easy 56 mile ride to Sanderson, TX. I met up with 2 other riders this morning and rode with them some today. They were trying to teach me…
RIDE NOTES… Rode a short 35 miles today from Alpine, TX to Marathon, TX. Marathon is a nice little tourist town with several good places to eat and a nice clean room at the Marathon Motel. I got into town around 1PM, checked into my motel, unloaded the bags on my bike, took a quick…
RIDE NOTES… Woke up to 50 degrees in my tent this morning. The picture above is just one of my many roommates from last night. The communal bath house is solar powered so I wanted to be first to use the hot water. It was plenty hot at first but ran out very quick. Sorry…
RIDE NOTES… Left Van Horn, TX early in the dark with the headlight and tail light on to get an head start on the long ride to Marfa, TX. 78 miles with very strong headwinds all day. 10 hours of continuous riding with really nowhere to stop all day. Stopped at the dairy queen for…
RIDE NOTES… Pretty short uneventful ride today from Sierra Blanca, TX to Van Horn, TX. 32 miles, but with strong headwinds and some elevation changes it was still a hard 4 hour ride. I entered the Central Time Zone today. I will remain on central time until I reach the pan handle of Florida with…
RIDE NOTES… Gladly left the nasty Fort Hancock Motel and rode to Sierra Blanca, TX today. As you can see from the picture above it wasn’t very nice at all, but it’s pretty typical for these 1 motel towns and after a long day I still consider them 5 star! Had breakfast at Angie’s Restaurant…
RIDE NOTES… Pretty cold and windy ride this morning. 45 degrees and brutal headwinds. Had to stop a few times and find some shelter the winds were so strong. Made it a short day due to the wind and cold. Today was day 3 riding through Texas, I estimate it will take about 20 days…
RIDE NOTES… Rode 51 miles today from Anthony, TX to Faben, TX. Had to navigate through El Paso, TX today but being Sunday traffic was light and it wasn’t as hard or confusing as I thought it was going to be. Very very windy day again and it was a long 51 miles. Ended the…
RIDE NOTES… Went to breakfast with my warmshowers.org host this morning, then she had two soccer games to referee. In the mean time I took my bike to Outdoor Adventures in Las Cruces, NM for a checkup and repairs. I had a broken spoke so they fixed that and also trued both of my wheels. …
RIDE NOTES… Easy ride today from Deming, NM to Las Cruces, NM but still 62 miles. There is a website that long distance cyclists use for places to stay. It’s called warmshowers.org and it’s basically a list of cyclists who offer their hospitality towards other touring cyclists. Based on recommendations from other people who have…
RIDE NOTES… Fairly uneventful day of riding today from Lordsburg, NM to Deming, NM. Left very early, 06:30, due to a high wind forecast for late morning. No supper last night so I had a big breakfast at McDonalds. It did become windy but it was more of a cross/tail wind so it wasn’t bad…
RIDE NOTES… Ryan Cheney, one of Bart’s new pilots in flight school at Flight Safety Int’l in Tucson, AZ delivered me 4 new heavy duty inner tubes purchased from Ajo Bikes. It was an 80 mile drive from Tucson, AZ out to me here in Wilcox, AZ. May thanks to Bart, Ryan, and Laura for…