Hi everyone,
Last Saturday, I got home from my best state ride ever. I did Oklahoma's Freewheel for the sixth time.
The route was roughy 400+ miles. It led 1,200 cyclists over hilly terrain in Oklahoma. I am certain it is nothing compared to what some of you ride, but it was significant to me.
I have no state rides to compare it to. But a woman I met that had done Kansas' ride, Nebraska's ride and Wyoming's ride told us it Freewheel was a far tougher course than the other states she had ridden in before that.
On the ride side, I got up tp 40mph down a hill. It was a high for me on the Canto. I managed to average 15mph or better. this is a small average for some but for me it was good over a 6 day period.
On the bike side, I cannot believe the global differences of the Burley over my BikeE. The big wheels, strictly IMHO, provide a much, much, much better ride. I feel less fatigued and boy can I climb on this bent. I was surprised by my increased climbing prowess at the helm of the Canto.
Freewheel had about 50 recumbents on it. Burley and Easy Racers had the bulk of that number. Other present were: a Hot Mover Trike, RANS, BikeEs (quite a few!), Vision, Inifinity, Bacchetta Strada and Lightning.
One man that holds several speed records locally, rode from Tahlequah Oklahoma to the start of Freewheel in eight hours. That is 192 miles! He rides a Lightning R-84 with the F40 fairing.
Last Saturday, I got home from my best state ride ever. I did Oklahoma's Freewheel for the sixth time.
The route was roughy 400+ miles. It led 1,200 cyclists over hilly terrain in Oklahoma. I am certain it is nothing compared to what some of you ride, but it was significant to me.
I have no state rides to compare it to. But a woman I met that had done Kansas' ride, Nebraska's ride and Wyoming's ride told us it Freewheel was a far tougher course than the other states she had ridden in before that.
On the ride side, I got up tp 40mph down a hill. It was a high for me on the Canto. I managed to average 15mph or better. this is a small average for some but for me it was good over a 6 day period.
On the bike side, I cannot believe the global differences of the Burley over my BikeE. The big wheels, strictly IMHO, provide a much, much, much better ride. I feel less fatigued and boy can I climb on this bent. I was surprised by my increased climbing prowess at the helm of the Canto.
Freewheel had about 50 recumbents on it. Burley and Easy Racers had the bulk of that number. Other present were: a Hot Mover Trike, RANS, BikeEs (quite a few!), Vision, Inifinity, Bacchetta Strada and Lightning.
One man that holds several speed records locally, rode from Tahlequah Oklahoma to the start of Freewheel in eight hours. That is 192 miles! He rides a Lightning R-84 with the F40 fairing.
