Merry Christmas! Plans for this year are to ride Gator Hell Week, 800 miles of Florida riding in 8 days. I did the same ride last year on my Cannondale bike....
mvermeulen@...
Dec 27, 2005 9:06 pm
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Nice ride today with tailwinds at the end. Nick had mapped out a new route since last year for several reasons including old roads being too busy. This meant...
mvermeulen@...
Dec 29, 2005 12:31 am
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Windy day today. Today was a shorter ride with only 96 miles. However, 20+ of those miles were into a strong headwind and 30+ had cross winds. Hence, all in...
mvermeulen@...
Dec 30, 2005 12:20 am
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Great ride today, with quiet roads and good weather. It was particularly nice to have less wind. The morning started out with ground fog. I put on the...
mvermeulen@...
Dec 31, 2005 1:14 am
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A good ride today. Shorter than yesterday but felt like similar difficulty. It seems like there are fewer slow riders this year than last. On average, seems...
mvermeulen@...
Jan 1, 2006 12:21 am
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Happy New Year! Nice way to start 2006 with a bicycle ride in the Florida sunshine. I decided to get an early start and left as it was getting light. After...
mvermeulen@...
Jan 2, 2006 12:03 am
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Winds made todays ride a little harder than expected, but overall another nice ride. Left Winter Garden on the early side, but I wasn't the only one. Traffic...
mvermeulen@...
Jan 3, 2006 12:07 am
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A long ride today but not too difficult due to some nice tailwinds. The wind was coming from SW as I started, and I missed the very first instruction, so it...
mvermeulen@...
Jan 4, 2006 12:36 am
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Made it! Today was a short ride, only 93 miles with no wind. It was nice to complete the entire ride, 815 miles in 8 days - though I also would enjoy riding...
mvermeulen@...
Jan 4, 2006 9:51 pm
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Another report from the road. This time from Ternopil, Ukraine. Plan is to bicycle from Uzhgorod, Ukraine on to Penza, Russia. My brother Bert joined me and...
Mike Vermeulen
mev@...
May 29, 2006 7:09 am
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We made it to Kiev. Four moderate days of cycling from Ternopil. First day was 117km to Khmel'nyts'kyv. Second day of 100km to Liubar. Third day was a long...
Mike Vermeulen
mev@...
Jun 3, 2006 2:11 pm
122
It is a long way from Fort Collins to Budapest. Budapest was my destination to start another bicycle trip, this time five weeks crossing Ukraine and part of...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:16 am
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No bikes when we awoke, but promised before 10am. So wait, wait and wait. Fortunately, bikes arrived a little before 10am. Unfortunately, my headset had...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:20 am
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Nice first full day of riding. No hot water for showers today (didn't realize until later that hot water comes at 8am). Breakfast at 8am and we set off not...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:21 am
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Breakfast not until 9am so we decided on a before breakfast ride. We drove back to Toruk and started cycling back. A small hill to climb but mostly downhill....
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A rest day today to get bicycle parts and explore Lviv. Slept in and then walked to the bread shop to get breakfast. Not too difficult since one can point at...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A day to try riding the major national highway - M12. On our maps this road was larger than we had ridden before but overall was still reasonable road....
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Bert and Jean left early this morning. Plan was for Bert to accompany Jean to the Ukraine/Hungary border where Jean would continue to Budapest and Bert would...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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First day cycling loaded. We sent some things back with Jean, but still had four fully loaded panniers. The bike handled a bit sluggish, particularly on the...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Plan was to get an early start. We awoke at 6am to rain pouring down with grey skies all around. "Looks like a rain day", I said. Bert concurred, so we...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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A long pretty ride through not very populated countryside. We got off the national roads onto next size smaller, "P-32" from Liubar most of the way to Bila...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:22 am
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Today a shorter ride and a border crossing from Ukraine to Russia. It was nice riding almost 1300km in Ukraine, now we'll see what we find in Russia. We woke...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:24 am
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A very warm welcome in city of Kursk. First from VeloMaster bicycle shop who brought us into the city and especially from Alexander and Tatayana who showed us...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:24 am
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Today we toasted to health and happiness of the bride and groom and use connections from the mayor to find a place to stay. We slept in some from night before....
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:25 am
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I don't know where we are, but we're making good time. Today was a day for smaller back roads. There seem to be few roads that cross the Oblast boundary, but...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:26 am
136
A long ride today into Kiev. We started optimistic by putting on sunscreen. Unfortunately, overcast skies became steadily heavier. For first 50km, we...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
137
Nice to make a rest day after several days riding. Also necessary as we needed to fix the back wheel. How to find bicycle repair in a city of two million? We...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Welcome to the Hotel California. A hotel by this name may be found in Pryluky, Ukraine. Rooms on the ... Sent via PocketMail Email Anywhere ...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Shorter ride today. Less wind, more hills and generally better roads. We left the concrete highway and cracks behind. We checked out early from Hotel...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 30, 2006 9:29 am
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Another easy day in Kiev. We checked out of our hotel before going to pack things back on the bikes. First fix a flat on Bert's back wheel. We'd gone barely...
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