Riding across the USA, one week at a time. This report chronicles the 7th week in such a series. The plan is to follow the Ohio River from Cincinnati to...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 4, 2004 11:49 pm
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Pleasant cycling today following the Ohio River. Traffic was surprisingly light, making for a nice ride despite narrow shoulders. I left shortly after...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 5, 2004 7:43 pm
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Another nice day of cycling along the Ohio River. In Kentucky, I experienced both excellent cycling roads and some fairly poor routes. I had slept at top of...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 6, 2004 10:27 pm
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A long ride today on a roads that varied in amount of hills and traffic. I left downtown Huntington just as it was getting light. This is a long skinny city,...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 7, 2004 10:58 pm
98
Steady rain all day today. It started sprinkling last night and continued throughout the day. Weather forecasts call for continued rain tomorrow morning and...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 8, 2004 10:11 pm
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A shorter day riding along the Ohio River. Yesterday's rainfall total in Parkersburg was 3.16 inches. Surrounding areas had up to six inches of rain and some...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 9, 2004 6:06 pm
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Today I crossed from WV, back over to PA. The first half of the ride was mostly flat along the river, the second half had many short steep hills. I was on...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 10, 2004 9:01 pm
101
Nice ride back to Pittsburgh today. The hills were better than I expected. I started with rolling terrain into center of Washington. I had gotten a local...
mvermeulen@...
Sep 12, 2004 12:57 am
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This message is a test of sending to the mevcycletour mailing list from a Palm. Plan for this Christmas break is to ride a ride known as Gator Country Hell...
Mike Vermeulen
mev@...
Dec 24, 2004 2:32 pm
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An air of excitement as Ride the Rockies 2005 begins in Grand Junction. This ride of 2000+ cyclists goes from here to Breckenridge over 7 days riding and 405...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 19, 2005 12:26 am
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Wow! A spectacular ride today through Colorado National Monument. Once we had climbed on top of the mesa, the route skirted along the edge with awesome views...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 19, 2005 8:31 pm
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Made it! On paper today is the toughest day. From a starting elevation of 4600ft, we climbed to over 10,800ft before descending back below 5000ft. Rumor has...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 21, 2005 1:49 am
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An easy ride today. Only 34 miles and around 1000 feet of climb made for an easy day. I left a little later but still was done by 9:30am. I have seen a few...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 21, 2005 11:48 pm
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A scenic and varied ride today. After some morning climbing, the end of the ride was mostly flat. We also transitioned from more mesa/plateau area to more...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 22, 2005 9:57 pm
108
A beautiful cycling day from Gunnison to Salida. In contrast with yesterday, the first half was flat and the second half was not. Our weather also cooperated...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 23, 2005 9:48 pm
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A long slow climb up the hill today. Overall a little easier than expected as we followed the Arkansas River as it climbed from 7000ft to over 10000ft. In...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 24, 2005 8:48 pm
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Just before 11am, I followed the marshall's signal to turn my last corner and passed underneath a large banner that said "finish line". Ride the Rockies 2005...
mvermeulen@...
Jun 26, 2005 12:55 am
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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
118
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...
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