Busy week before Christmas, also a Booster shot on Wednesday, therefor a relative light cycling week.
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On Monday I did a 40 minute ez spin on the trainer in the basement. The next day I had some time for a quick fat bike ride. I went up Old Cricket hill road. Since I wanted to warmup, made it an effort. Turned out I had the 4th time on the segment. Once at the top rode one of the mountain bike trails. There was crusty snow / ice on the trail and my non-studded tires kept enough traction. But will soon put my studded tires on to be ready for winter.
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On Sunday, boxing day, I rode a 40 mile loop to Northampton with John and Pamela. They rode on their tandem. Last time I got really cold and out of caution added an extra layer on my legs and undershirt, but forgot to put on a bib, duh.
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We descended down rt 116 and then thru Whately ride to the valley, from there towards Hatfield. Pamela wanted to check out a recently opened Cafe, the Old Inn. Pamela treated us on same pastries and we ate them (We only had 1 mask between the 3 of us) on the patio outside overlooking the falls right next to the inn.
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After the lunch stopped we rode to Northampton, from there toward Willamsburg and then via North Poland road back to Conway. The climb from Williamsburg definitely warmed us up.
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Last week on Veloviewer
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