The long ride.

I like riding long rides. My next long ride will be from mobile alabama to My home in miami just over 800 miles total. There are many things to look at before  riding long ride like this. One thing was car rental. First I was thinking to ride my bike  from miami to Mobile and rent a car there  back to miami. Then when I looked deeper into this the best way was to rent a car in Miami and drive to Mobile and ride from there because of few things. Car rentals in this area are small and sometimes empty. When I am finally in Mobile there is a possibility I can not rent a car there and need to ride somewhere else even all the way to Luciana to rent a car. Easier to rent it in Miami. Second reason is I will ride this distance in 10-12 days in november. This area gets cold during the winter and the temparature drops badly in november. So I will start the ride the 4 november while it is still warm in Mobile and ride into even warmer conditions in miami.  

changing bikes

One story about getting a new bike. I remember going slow on my old bike that I got on amazon many years ago. I was doing 12 mph and uff it was hard. Then I got a new spezialized rubaix carbon bike light as a feather and super fast. Suddenly I was doing 20 mph and even faster on my new bike. I increased my mileage alot too. No carpal tunnel issues. No back issues and all the issues from my old bike gone. 100 miles was like nothing. I started doing 100 milers every sunday. Then one day I had to return my rubaix for maintainance and had to use my old bike again. And was surprised that my average was 18 mph even near 20 mph.... Getting better bike increased my speed on the old one.