Rocky Mountain Bicycle Ride
Except for a near accident mentioned in my previous post titled 10 Seconds of Grace, I had an awesome Rocky Mountain Bicycle Ride this morning.
I was out the door at 5:30 am with the intention of riding to Jamestown. I took Lee Hill Drive over the summit and dropped down to Left Hand Canyon Drive which took me to James Canyon Drive. It was not a long distance, only about 12 miles, but the hills were intense. The top of the summit on Lee Hill Drive is about 7,000 feet. I arrived in Jamestown a few minutes past 7am.
My original plan was to turn around at Jamestown and return to Boulder. This was the first of my mountain training rides in preparation for riding to Estes Park in a few weeks. After a short break with a Cliff Bar and a banana I decided to press on and up past Jamestown. The climb above Jamestown was super intense. I kept going nonetheless.
A few miles north of Jamestown the road turns to dirt for a few more miles before reaching the Peak-to-Peak highway. I thought I would ride to where the dirt road starts and turn around. But when I got to the dirt road I was still feeling pretty good so I kept going. The sights, sounds and smells of the mountain morning were incredible.
Before I knew it I had reached the Peak-to-Peak highway. By that time I was exhilarated just to be there. So I decided to follow the Peak-to-Peak on to Highway 7 which led me down to Lyons. The drop into Lyons was an intense 15 mile downhill ride with a top speed of 40 mph. The beauty was incredible as I switched back and forth in between the tight canyon walls with steep rock cliffs and a roaring mountain river. I felt like I was flying.
I was out a total of 6 hours with about 5 hours of ride time and covered just over 5o miles of mountain riding. The top elevation was around 8,600 feet so I climbed over 2,200 feet above Boulder. Besides all that it was definitely my best ride of the year thanks to the 10 Seconds of Grace.
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John!
Great post!
To see how much fun it is riding a bike with such beautiful view took my breath away!
Great pictures, must be hard to concentrate on riding with that view
John, that is some beautiful country to ride in! Great photos!
Your pictures are breathtaking, I would love to be able to ride in that area.
John - My partner's brother lives out there and loves biking - now I see why!!!
Hi John, I could not ride in the mountains- Kudos to those who can. These photos are fantastic, John and show off the area very well. I didn't read about your close call yet, glad to hear you are okay though!
John,
GREAT pictures. And wow, you must be really in shape to pedal up those kinds of hills/mountains for five hours. I don't know that I could walk those hills for five hours at this point in time. I'm sore after one hour.
John... What beautiful photos...and what a ride! Thank you for letting us enjoy them.
Cheron
John - Those are some really great shots. Must be nice to have such beautiful country to ride through.