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Today, it is off to Winter Garden, Florida… Reply

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…to ride the West Orange Trail and tour the Big Cat Factory.

Motionbased Data for today’s rides:

We begin by meeting in front of the Edgewater Hotel at 99 W. Plant Street. This year’s ride [20 miles] on the West Orange Trail starts at 9:00 a.m. in Winter Garden and goes to the East toward the Buddhist Temple and loops down to Lake Apopka before returning to the Winter Garden. Noon until 2:00 p.m. is open for lunch and CatChatting. The Big Cat Factory Tour at Big Cat HPV, LLC, 720 Business Park Blvd., Unit 22 begins at 2:30 p.m.

Pictures:

A moment to reflect on my ’08 cycling experiences Reply

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To this point I’ve had two watermark cycling years, 2006 and 2008.

Two-thousand Six is notable because of my three tours [each on my RANS Stratus XP]. The first tour was from Fayetteville, North Carolina to Richmond, Virgina–218 miles, ridden in one day-my first double century. The next was the 9-day, 1,062-mile trek from Fayetteville, North Carolina to Key West, Florida. The 9 consecutive centuries [one 136 miles and another 147 miles, the remainder were between 105 & 115 miles] was fulfilling. The next tour was my Veterans Day weekend trip from Fayetteville, North Carolina to Richmond, Virginia again. These tours, plus my other riding, yielded 5,128 recorded mileage. I am sated with these accomplishments.

Two-thousand Eight is notable because of the various states/districts/provinces I traveled to or through to cycle–19 all total. The District is the District of Columbia and the Province is Ontario, Canada. Even more notable are the people with whom I rode. Many from ‘BentRiders Online Forums [BROL] and others on the majors rides–Bike Virginia, Seattle-to-Portland [STP], of course–RAGBRAI, and Cycle North Carolina. Then there are “family” rides like the Catrike Rally, TOT, and the Niagara Rally. The other rides were Crusin’ in the Country at Claxton, Georgia and FestiVELO [this year at Moncks Corner, South Carolina. I am blessed to have been able to participated in these rides and to have met and ridden with so many cyclist.

Although I had more miles in '06 and an phenomenal number of centuries, '08 tops it because of faces I have that now fit the names I know. Thanks to my many friends for the experiences. I plan to continue cycling afar in '09.

I must also note, that I've been fortunate to ride accident free. I've had a few cycling mishaps [they are in this blog--no reason to highlight them here]. From the “big picture,” they pale in comparison to what I’ve been able to do. I think I now fit into the category of “senior rider”; but, that is NOT how I feel, nor how I ride.

Just a few thoughts as I reflect on my 2008 cycling experiences…

Thanks!!!

Jim Artis

Okay, 2008 is coming to a close… Reply

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2008 Monthly Report

You have [or can] read my End-of-Year 2008 Cycling Experiences… Blog entry below and see that I was bless to ride 3,538.65 recorded accident free miles and have the opportunity to meet many nice people. That makes ’08 a true high-water mark year for me.

Let me share with you the meager mileage by month and cycle of my riding:

Now, why do I say meager? Because many of my BROL brothers and sisters exceed my mileage by significant numbers. For example: Startle says:

Nice blog Jim. I got to visit Southern Cal for the first time and enjoyed riding along the coast. Fantastic! Visited Bent up Cycles, Fantastic! Found a great place for riding in Eastern Oregon, the Strawberry Mountains, and the cycling event at Prairie City,  OR. Planning on going back. Century ride with over 10,000 ft climbing is a great event. Got to ride the famous trail by Sacramento nice, but very busy even at 5:00 a.m. Our stay at Folsom was wonderful. And I rode over 10,000 miles again this year, don’t know why but that just makes me feel good. Happy New Year all!

Here is another BROL thread that has monumental riding accomplishments and a link to a thread I started 12/31 to give my EOY comments and links to this blog.

I invite all readers to get exercise in some form–what ever works for you and for whatever time period or distance that you are comfortable with. For me, I’ll strive to do a bit better in ’09.

Thanks for the visit and reading.

–jim