Ann and Franz just completed the Utah Velo Century.  That makes four century rides done together on the tandem this year, and the third in the past four weeks. Ann reached a new milestone with this ride.  She has now biked 5,000 miles so far in 2008.  This is remarkable for her first full year of serious road cycling.

Utah Velo is a bike club in Utah we bike with and they put on an century ride just for their members.  I think about 35 riders showed up.

We stayed with the lead group of about 8 riders through the ride, which proved a challenge at times.  This group was made up of mostly young and fast riders.  We heard one fellow mention to another one he was trying to turn Pro!  At the last water stop we checked and had averaged 21.6 mph over 75 miles.

We were lucky to get our tandem front wheel rebuilt yesterday, in time for today’s ride.  The local bike shop had ordered a new rim and rebuilt it for us in an afternoon.  The wheel had been damaged on last Saturday’s century ride.

We had a great time on the ride.

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