The following site has been up for a number of months (>6) now and it is really turning into a powerful resource for seeing how long your rides are, possible routes and what other people have done. Tho there are lots of runners involved, hence the name of the site, I did notice a bunch of bike rides too.
In fact I long have wanted to ride my HiWheel over to Los Gatos but never have known what the bike miles are since I can't take the shorter more direct freeways, but now I know. Tells me how much of a time window I have to leave open. It's fun to use and lot faster than it was even a few months ago!!
I plan to soon link it to our heavily hit home page and will also run it at our Mayors' Ride pages. Do take:
for a run/ride!! You will love it!!
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Also our Mayors' Ride logo artist, Jeff Reser. after reading about Omaha and the wagon trains that bridged the gap between it and the West, sent us this:
At 9:51 PM -0800 1/8/06, Jeffrey Reser wrote:
BTW:
I dont think I ever told you that my great, great
grandfather ran a wagon train that would cross back
and forth our country several times. There is even a
famous stadium on the northwest that bears his name.
Reser Stadium
Actually, more probably of his other descendants.
While there are only a couple handfuls of Resers in
each local, there seems to be a string of
municipalities that host isolated Reser families from
Eastern Pennsylvainia to Seattle and Portland.
That might be kinda revealing of his character . . .
and of the times.
Perhaps its from his adventuresome spirit that Jason
and I engage in epic bicycle rides.
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Hope U are all powering into your New Year!!
THX 4 all of U!!