California tour

In southern CaliforniaI just finished a 10 day tour from San Francisco to San Diego, June 9-18, I blogged about it at a wordpress blog site I set up (much easier to manage from away). You can read about the exploits at http://chipbiking.wordpress.com. Description of ride plus photos.

For all the photos I took (there are over 300), you can go to my Picasa/Google site: California Ride June 2009

Here are the totals: Rode a Jamis Aurora touring bike, loaded with 55 pounds of gear, gear plus bike come to 82 pounds. Rode 10 days, covered 639 miles, ride time 55 hours, 29 minutes, for an average speed of 11.51 mph. Climbed 26,620 feet, steepest was 10%. Most of the big climbs were only 6-7% grade.

Also apologies for neglecting this blog. My March and April century rides were the same route as in February, but much more pleasant. I'll get some posts up here soon I hope.