Day 43: Here Comes the Sun

Beautiful spring weather returned today as we rode 80 miles from Buffalo to Victor, New York, a suburb of Rochester. It was warm but not hot, sunny, and not humid. We had a tailwind most of the way. Flat tires also made a comeback, with 2 for me today. We’ve passed 3000 miles and have 432 left.

Unless I took a serious wrong turn in Kansas

This part of New York is rolling hills, dairy cattle, and lots of rivers and creeks.

Rolling hills with sheep
Dairy cows. They smell bad.
Buffalo Creek?
An old mill site
Another fortuitous juxtaposition

Tomorrow is another relatively flat 86 mile jaunt through the finger lakes region to Syracuse. We’ll hope for no flats.

8 responses to “Day 43: Here Comes the Sun”

  1. I love that part of New York in the summer. Winter not so much…

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    1. It really is a nice area

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  2. You are in the home stretch! Yes, I agree with Christi’s previous post.

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  3. What wearables are you using to track your mileage and elevation? Have you noticed any of your other fitness metrics changing over time? I bet your estimated VO2 max, heart rate variability, and resting heart rate are doing some interesting things after all this! 📉📈📊

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  4. What is the flat-repair strategy? Apologies if it’s been mentioned previously in comments I may have missed. It sounds like your SAG wagon would need to carry a nearly endless supply of innertubes and patch kits.

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    1. The flat repair is a new tube every time. Given the number of flats we have I think patching them would be reasonable, but they don’t do that. One rider patches his own. I think they buy more tubes every time they drive by a bike shop. Fortunately tubes are only about $8 each. We can easily change a tube in <10 minutes, but it often takes time to find and fix the cause of the puncture. A lot of people also use disposable CO2 cartridges to inflate the tires. I don't because I don't like the trash they generate.

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    Deb Coots and Paul Coots

    Love the rock formations on that creek. So different! Sure enjoying your posts!

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    1. Very different from home. It’s all shale

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