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Message started by Bud_Bent on Oct 24^th, 2009, 6:57pm

Title: Solo Century
Post by Bud_Bent on Oct 24^th, 2009, 6:57pm

It was a beautiful fall day here, and I rode a solo century from home, today. I am putting the finishing touches on a 161k (100 mile) permanent route, and decided to ride the route today (starting from home rather than the nearby designated start), taking notes and making final corrections for the cue sheet. Since I would be riding an easy pace and stopping often, I grabbed Rose's camera, and took it along.

Mile 7: It doesn't take long for the route to get out of Crowley and Burleson and onto tree lined Johnson County county roads.
http://i.imgur.com/6MnnZTJ.jpg

Mile 10: Up the hill and around the curve.
http://i.imgur.com/gHwsHMD.jpg

Mile 12: Two weeks ago, I was dropped on this short, steep hill, by a man walking a dog (I smoked them on the downhill, though).
http://i.imgur.com/kWZ9tlh.jpg

Mile 17: The Buel Cemetery has been there quite a while.
http://i.imgur.com/wTyESZ9.jpg

Mile 19: Curses, it's a short stretch of genuine Texas boulderseal.
http://i.imgur.com/r9gcLdJ.jpg

Mile 51: The halfway point of the route is the thriving populace of Blum, Texas.
http://i.imgur.com/xaOQmo5.jpg

Mile 56: The tentative name for the route is Crowley Cricket Crunch (bikely map here (http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Crowley-Cricket-Crunch)), and here's the route namesake, although he did escape on this day.
http://i.imgur.com/TjTIxmI.jpg

Mile 57: Hilltop view south of Rio Vista.
http://i.imgur.com/BVRxzQl.jpg

Mile 70: My driveway is wider than this county road.
http://i.imgur.com/rkWdAgM.jpg

Mile 90: Nothing more fun that a good hill that pitches up steep at the top, at mile 90.
http://i.imgur.com/kWZ9tlh.jpg

Mile 92: Ridgetop view looking east; that's Burleson in the distance.
http://i.imgur.com/tpz5qgE.jpg

Mile 93: Northwest view from the same ridgetop.
http://i.imgur.com/oeK2IwY.jpg

I ended up with 101.4 miles (a bit extra since I started from home).

Title: Re: Solo Century
Post by Kwijybow on Oct 24^th, 2009, 7:35pm

Love it Bud, looks really nice, looking forward to trying it out!

Hoping to get a nice ride in tomorrow myself.

Take Care,
Nelson.