August 22nd ride

Another nice evening and a great ride. This was on county roads which are a lot slower then the smooth state highways. The first 18 miles had an average of around 18 mph I was able to pick it up quite a bit on the rest of the ride.  This was another A + ride.

Decatur County ride:
On Sunday I decided to check out this coming weekends Decatur County ride by driving my truck on the 60 mile route, this is the one I got lost on while riding it last Saturday. I discovered that the county had covered most of Hamburg road with an inch plus of gravel. I'm assuming this will somehow lengthen the life of the asphalt road, but the parts that weren't covered with gravel last weekend seemed perfectly fine to me. This is the road that I had gotten up to 40 mph on some of the downhills. So there is no way I can ride on this road now with my thin tires. The YMCA, who is sponsoring the ride,  already knew about the problem and are working on rerouting their 60 mile ride.


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August 21st ride

The ride felt great and fast, even though I had some mileage in a couple little towns. The first 39 miles were with an average of 20.0 mph. The last couple of in town miles slowed my average to 19.8 mph. I felt very strong, this was an A+ ride.  I'm really liking the work Decatur county has done on this highway, it used to be rough until I hit Shelby county, now it's smooth for the whole ride.

Extra excitement:
After I had turned around to head back towards Greensburg, I was watching a car coming down the highway towards me, It looked like a late model black Mustang. I was watching it since the headlights were on bright were blue and seemed to be blinking (it wasn't dark out).  I was going over 20 mph, I'm sure he was going at least 55 mph. When suddenly without warning a large plastic cup full of liquid came out the window and hit my left shoulder. I didn't have any chance to duck or move out of the way.

Very painful, I now have a good sized bruise where the cup hit me. This is the second time this year someone has thrown a cup of liquid at me. I'm not sure what these kids are thinking.  Not sure what would've happened if he had hit my face/head instead of my shoulder. Of course he was too fast to get the license plate number, not sure if the cops would have done much if I did catch it.

I've be considering buying a camera for a while to document my rides. This incident was the final push, I have now ordered a GoPro HD. I should receive it in a couple of days. If you think reading these blog entries are boring, wait till you try to watch hours of endless riding!


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