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Urban overnight

1/31/2016

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This weekend, I was invited to a party at a friend's house, about 30 miles away. I had originally planned to drive because it was in Rocklin, an area I had never ridden to nor had any familiarity with. After looking over the route via Google, I realized that the first half was almost all bike trail following the route to Gibson Ranch. The rest still had an encouraging amount of green lines, indicating bike infrastructure (although not differentiating what type of infrastructure...). I decided that since I was staying overnight anyway, there was plenty of time to try riding it. Worst case, I could call for a ride or use my new Better World Roadside Assistance (which includes bike pickups). I made one final check in with a friend who knows the area well and he gave me a couple of adjustments to the route so that I would avoid a gnarly freeway interchange (those are the worst!).

My panniers were packed with food and a change of clothes, I had my tools, my lights, and a lock. I loaded up my Oscar and we rode off.

It was a beautiful, relaxing ride for the most part. The trails were busy with lots of families out riding and walking. The weather was gorgeous with big ominous clouds hanging overhead.
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The route worked out wonderfully. There were some stressful sections through Roseville where the bike lanes were narrow and squeezed between two lanes of traffic so that vehicles were traveling fast on both sides. I still had to cross over a highway interchange but it was relatively easy.

My ride home today was slightly calmer through Roseville with lighter Sunday morning traffic. I enjoyed ending the ride on the Dry Creek and Sacramento Northern bike trails instead of the suburban sections. I did run into some traffic jams on the trails, however.
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Towards the end of my ride, I realized that I hadn't eaten enough and was starting to feel sick but I made it home and recovered with a snack, a shower, and a nap.


I'm really happy to have learned how to reach another section of the region by bike. It's not an easy trip to make but it's doable with enough time (it took me about 2.5hrs to go 29 miles). Now I feel better about having replaced a car trip that I would have made and will happily eat everything in my house tonight. This was actually my third day in a row of riding about 30 miles and my body is feeling it today!
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Marian
2/1/2016 07:40:56 pm

Way to go!!

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