Visited Myles Standish State Forest today for the ride.
17.6 Miles, Average Speed 8.5 mph, Top Speed 26.4 mp/h, just a shade over two hours.
We rode the trail from the West Entrance across the park to the East Entrance and back – then down to Charge Pond and back past the other pond. Camelbak served me well on the ride.
Some pictures:
The starting gear:
Headed down the trail:
College Pond:
Random Trail Shot:
Beautiful day out there!
Rode about 5-6 miles on average at Massasoit the last two days. Yesterday, on a downhill ride on the Adams tail, I lost my cyclometer. No idea where it went – obviously I didn’t get it attached properly.
So today I bought a better one, the CatEye CC-HB100, which includes a heartbeat monitor. Much nicer and I love the heartbeat function. Will be adding that to my tracking moving forward.
Rode today for the first time with the new cyclometer – and carried the Cambelback M.U.L.E. with its 100oz water “tank”. Carried some food and the camera. Worked out really well and will use it for longer rides in the future.
Unfortunately, today, while cycling through East Taunton around Miro Lake headed back to Massasoit – just after coming off a trail where I launched the bike off of a 2′ ledge – I blew the rear tire. So I was introduced to the art of tire changing – after I walked 2 miles back to my car and bought the tubes. In the future, I will be cycling with a spare tube, the new Topeak Harpoon S2 pump and my Topeak Alien II multitool.
Lesson learned.
Tomorrow: the Myles Standish State Forest.
Butler University Police Officer James L. Davis, Jr. was laid to rest yesterday in Indianapolis, reports the Indianapolis Star:
Family, friends and the law enforcement community gathered Thursday to mourn the death of Butler University Police Officer James L. Davis Jr. by celebrating his life — a life grounded in family, faith and a commitment to helping others.
The emotion-packed “homegoing” at Mount Carmel Baptist Church marked the second time in five weeks that Indianapolis said goodbye to a police officer killed in the line of duty.
Davis — “JJ” to family and friends — was fatally shot Sept. 24 in a confrontation on the Butler campus involving a man with a history of mental illness.
He was buried in the Heroes of Public Safety section at Crown Hill Cemetery next to the fresh grave of Indianapolis Police Department Officer Timothy “Jake” Laird, 31, who was killed in the line of duty Aug. 18.
Davis, 31, was remembered at the two-hour funeral service as a dedicated family man who believed in education, the goodness of others and the glory of God.
“Officer Davis, we are going to miss you,” Mount Carmel Pastor Theron D. Williams I said during a 35-minute eulogy. “Your life, like a swelling river, has overflown its banks and rushed over us.”
The evil that led to the two police shootings, Williams said, should not make officers question their chosen profession or retreat from their duties. Instead, he challenged the men and women in uniform to press on in honor of Davis.
“Can God count on you to serve and to protect?” he asked.
Minutes later, the city’s public safety director, Robert Turner, answered the question.
“Reverend Williams — I do want to say yes,” said Turner. “Both you and God can continue to count on us to keep doing our job.”
Rode through development, down the old tracks by the high school, through the HS woods trail a few times, and back through the development.
5.5 miles, 12.7 mph average, top speed 21.7 (that’s on level, not downhill), about 22 minutes or so.
Going to get major rain & wind tomorrow so likely no riding – and then have visits Wednesday night so will be Thursday (Debate night!) before I can ride again.
Everyone needs one of these on their car:
Just so you know where I stand….
Today’s ride took us up to Minuteman National Historic Park where the colonists first took on the british on April 19th, 1775.
We started at the visitor’s center – road the battle trail west towards Concord – and ended up at the Old North Bridge. After some time there, motored down to Concord Center, had some ice cream, and then headed back.
12.7 Miles, Average Speed just under 9 mph. Top speed 15.7 mph.
Some pictures from today:
Yours Truly Posing with some Sheep:
The Sheep along the Battle Road:
You see some interesting people along the Battle Road – here’s a tour guide speaking about the British that are buried just off of the Battle Road:
Even the bikes need a break:
Returned to Silver City Bicycles with my sidekick. She picked up a 2005 Trek 2900 in the blue & yellow scheme, a helmet, gloves, shorts, cage, water bottles, and other goodies. Then it was back to Massasoit again:
7.0 Miles, Average Speed 8.5 mph, 48 minutes, Top Speed 22.6 mph. 4 miles trails, 3 miles road.
Exhausted now!
Concord and the Battle Road tomorrow if things hold…