We showed up for the Saturday ride with the Utah Velo Cycling Club. Both of us were wearing the new 2008 club jersey and shorts. I picked them up from the Bike Peddler last night just before they closed and they had to enter into their computer first, so we know no one else would have them yet.

This group does not know the meaning of “warm-up” and we were off at speeds over 21 mph within the tenth of a mile. We had some advantage being on a tandem and it being mostly a flat ride. After we caught our breath Ann took a few pictures from the back of the tandem of the other riders.

While we were at the Mona regroup we notice that the gas station had run out of room for increasing their gas price so they just put a note on the pump that the price you pay will be double. Maybe next time we come by it will be triple!

We took a different way back this time and hit some railroad tracks that did not have the payment up close enough to the rails so we hit it hard. Yikes, we had a flat on the rear tire. One other rider also flatted. Ann had just had her class last week on changing a tire so she wanted to fix it, but she let Franz do it this time.

The pace was very fast. We wanted to see if we could break our record. We really pushed the pace at the very end and finished the 73 miles averaging 21.1 mph rolling. You can see Franz’s heart rate from this chart for the whole ride. He was pushing into the red zone a lot! Click to enlarge.

It was a very fun and fast ride.

Categories: Cycling