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(35 miles, 2000 feet of climbing) Today was a great day for biking! I set many new trip PRs today — highest miles at 37, most time in the saddle, and yet my heart rate was lower, even though I…

(16 miles, 2000 feet of climb) I was a little disappointed with my progress today — only 16 miles! It was my slowest ever average speed at 6.6 mph, while simultaneously my highest average heart rate at 134 bpm. I…

(23.5 miles and 2934 feet of climb) It was a pretty good day for biking. It rained a little bit off and on, but nothing nearly as bad as the last two days. I still have that 1972 song going…

I finally got started riding on CANTBIRD. I’m glad I planned a short day to begin, because it’s been raining in Southern California for most of two days. Fortunately, it did let up some of the time I was riding…

I made it to SAN DIEGO! But not without a little drama.  After Beth dropped me off at the Minneapolis airport, they told me that taking my boxed bike on board would cost an extra $200! I threw the challenge…

The bike is boxed up, and the panniers are packed away in another box. The van is loaded. We leave for the Minneapolis airport in 11 hours. SO EXCITING!! I had a bit of a scare on Sunday when I…

I said goodbye to some of the Scouts of Troop 72 at our meeting tonight —it’s the last troop meeting that I’ll make for 4-5 weeks. I handed out my new “OldScouter.com” business cards so they can all follow my…

I think I have all my gear selected for my 1000-mile bike trip from San Diego to El Paso. I am heavily leveraging last year’s GUMBIRD ride, and making a few adjustments. For example, I am adding more warm clothing,…

This is a new blog for CANTBIRD: California-Arizona-Newmexico-Texas Bike Ride. This will be a 1000-mile solo self-contained bicycle trip on the west half of the Southern Tier Bike Route, from San Diego to El Paso. (Last year I did the…