biking fun
Jul. 19th, 2006 09:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdI went exploring again on the way home from school...
Tuesday's miles: 3.5
Wednesday's miles: 13.3
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1137.1
Miles out of Rivendell: 672.1
Miles out of Lothlórien: 217.1
Miles to Rauros Falls: 191.9
...and discovered that 40th Avenue NE is not nearly as contiguous as 35th. (The gmap plot linked to above is only part of the trip. It's also plotted backwards, but meh, whatever. I also forget one of my side-detours too.) The elevation delta is pretty good, I think it's about 380' (116m) and I got to do it twice, plus the third (not shown) climb up the hill from the shops to my house. I thought the next ridge east from 35th Avenue NE in Seattle ran pretty straight north-south, so that 40th would be fairly flat, but clearly I was very wrong.
It really tells you how many houses we looked at when trying to buy one that I passed by four houses we'd seen in person just by accident as I was trying to find my way north while avoiding 35th and the Burke-Gilman trail. One on 40th, most of the rest on side accidents. I also came within a block and a half of a fifth, but I didn't go out of my way to look at it and besides I'd just biked by it kinda by accident on Monday.
Also, the bike repair shop at UW says I should get my chain replaced in another month and a half at my current riding rate. I've stretched this one a bit. I kind of figured I needed a new one, but I'll have to break it in.
Tuesday's miles: 3.5
Wednesday's miles: 13.3
Miles out of Hobbiton: 1137.1
Miles out of Rivendell: 672.1
Miles out of Lothlórien: 217.1
Miles to Rauros Falls: 191.9
...and discovered that 40th Avenue NE is not nearly as contiguous as 35th. (The gmap plot linked to above is only part of the trip. It's also plotted backwards, but meh, whatever. I also forget one of my side-detours too.) The elevation delta is pretty good, I think it's about 380' (116m) and I got to do it twice, plus the third (not shown) climb up the hill from the shops to my house. I thought the next ridge east from 35th Avenue NE in Seattle ran pretty straight north-south, so that 40th would be fairly flat, but clearly I was very wrong.
It really tells you how many houses we looked at when trying to buy one that I passed by four houses we'd seen in person just by accident as I was trying to find my way north while avoiding 35th and the Burke-Gilman trail. One on 40th, most of the rest on side accidents. I also came within a block and a half of a fifth, but I didn't go out of my way to look at it and besides I'd just biked by it kinda by accident on Monday.
Also, the bike repair shop at UW says I should get my chain replaced in another month and a half at my current riding rate. I've stretched this one a bit. I kind of figured I needed a new one, but I'll have to break it in.
