RIDE NOTES… 58 miles today from Denham Springs, LA to Covington, LA. Varying road conditions today. From excellent roads with wide berms to terrible roads with no berms at all with very heavy traffic. The road conditions seem to very depending on which parish you’re riding through. Some parish’s are great and seem to be very bike…
RIDE NOTES… Rode 44 miles from Lavonia, LA to Denham Springs, LA today. It wasn’t a very long ride but it was pretty hectic crossing the Mississippi River. I crossed the Huey P. Long Bridge which was long with no bike lane, so it was somewhat scary. Also there was no park or overlook on either…
RIDE NOTES… It’s my 3rd day in Louisiana and today I rode 54 miles from Eunice, LA to Livonia, LA. So much for what I was saying about easy riding in LA. The areas in between towns isn’t bad with roads with wide berms but most towns are not very bicycle friendly. Lots of bad…
RIDE NOTES… Rode a somewhat easy 61 mile day from Dequincy, LA to Eunice, LA. The road had a good berm to ride on today and there was a McDonalds after 35 miles. The traffic was light and the weather was great so really what more could I ask for? Louisiana has been the easiest…
RIDE NOTES… Rode 43 miles today from Vidor, TX to Dequincy, LA. What a great feeling it is to be out of Texas! It takes a long time to ride 1000 miles when you average 8 MPH. There are 2 motels in town tonight and the first one I got to had no vacancies. Luckily…
RIDE NOTES… Rode 50 Miles from Liberty, TX to Vidor, TX today. It was raining in the morning so I didn’t leave Liberty, TX until 1000. It was an easy 40 miles to Beaumont, TX. After Beaumont, TX I decided to press on to Vidor, TX but the only ay to get there was to…
RIDE NOTES… I left Spring, TX at 0700 due to afternoon rain in the forecast. I stopped at a Trek store in Atascocita, Texas after about 20 miles for some bike repairs. A word on bicycle shops… I have been to 4 different bike shops since I left San Diego, CA and they have all…
RIDE NOTES… Easy 63 mile ride from Brenham, TX to Spring, TX today. Ate at Smashburger then studied my maps for tomorrows ride, I’ve got a room with a Jacuzzi tub but it doesn’t work, so I went to bed early. I plan to leave very early since there is rain forecast in the afternoon tomorrow. DISTANCE……
RIDE NOTES… Took another day off and stayed at the Holiday Inn today. It was too heavy rain to even go eat lunch today. I stayed in and spent most of the day going over my maps and planning my next week or so. With any luck I’ll be out of Texas soon! From my…
RIDE NOTES… DO NOT TRUST GOOGLE MAPS FOR BIKES. It has let me down 2 days in a row now. Today it routed me on a road where a bridge was out so I had to backtrack about 8 miles on top of my already long day. No place to eat lunch, but had plenty of…
RIDE NOTES… Woke up to heavy fog and therefore didn’t leave Seguin, TX until after 0900. The day started out as an easy uneventful 15 miles, then I had an hour of light rain, then google maps routed me on a dirt road for 4 miles. Eventually I ended up on route 90 and was…
RIDE NOTES… Rode 47 miles today from San Antonio, TX to Seguin, TX. Started off with about 10 miles on a bike trail that ran along a stream with was flooded in many places. In 2 specific areas it was totally impassable so I had to turn around and find an alternate route. In 1…
RIDE NOTES… Took the day off today in San Antonio, TX. Only my 4th day off from riding since I started. My phone screen broke yesterday so I went to Dr. Phonez today to get it fixed. It was pretty expensive but I had no choice. It was raining all day today so instead of…
RIDE NOTES… Got an early start and rode 35 miles from Hondo, TX to San Antonio, TX today. Went straight to Ride Away Bicycles in San Antonio, TX to get my spoke repaired and my wheel trued. Bike shop was great, quick, and reasonably priced. I purchased 2 additional spokes for replacement on the road…
RIDE NOTES… Well, it was an uneventful Friday the 13th, thank goodness!! Rode a short 43 miles from Uvalde, TX to Hondo, TX. Kept it short today on purpose to keep a good eye on that temporary spoke. Amazingly it seems to be all good so far and I hope to get it fixed tomorrow…