SEATTLE — With only a week to go before the Seattle-Portland bike ride, I wanted to get in one last long ride before resting up with shorter, easier rides the rest of the week.
I choose today’s route based on two criteria. First was the Seattle Bicycle Touring Club’s map of North Lake Washington Loop (pdf). The second was Robert Scoble’s garage sale where he was selling his famous red couch.
My route took me south on 8th Ave NW to the Burke-Gilman trail. I then followed the BG through the UW and past Kenmore, before turning south on 96th Ave NE and heading towards Robert’s House.
His wife, Maryam was wonderful, offering me water and ice for my water bottle, before calling to Rob that a “friend” of his was here. She was right, if by “friend” she meant someone Robert has never met before in his life…
Robert & I talked about his impending move to Half Moon Bay, CA, his upcoming OffTheGrid event at his mom’s house, and showed me the 60″ HD rear-projection TV in his living room.
I needed to get on with my ride, so I headed south on 84th Ave NE, which connected up with Juanita Drive. I then rode through Kirkland, then proceded to get lost in Bellevue. The directions had me going left on 6th Ave NE to 114th, but with recent construction, this has changed. I probably spent 30 minutes trying to find the right street…sigh.
From there it was pretty straightforward: across I-90 with a quick stop in Leschi at Il Vecchio Bicycles (to ask about touch up paint for the De Rosa). Then I headed through the Aboretum, back to the Burke-Gilman, and home.
Final Statistics:
Time: 4:37:20
Max. Speed: 33.7 MPH
Avg. Speed: 13.4 MPH
Distance: 62.12 Miles
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