Bicycling 33Km
Just came home from a nice 33.5Km (20.8 miles) bike ride. I had modified my 26Km route to make it longer but I don’t know if I will ever use this longer route again.
The problem was that I had to drive through a little village with a traffic light and it’s very annoying to stop when you are driving with a good pace (and yes it was red for a long time). Another downside was that there were some bicycle tracks and in Denmark you have to use them if they are there. Often, and especially in this case, they are made for people that ride bikes in a slow pace, like children that rides bikes to school. In this case it ran a little on the left side on the road, then on the right side and then on the left side again. Passing the road from side to side was done on pedestrian crossings. I did not go by the bicycle tracks but kept going on the road as it was both faster and safer for me. Usually it’s not a problem, but from time to time you meet people in cars that are annoyed because they know you should be on the bicycle track so I try to avoid routes where there are bicycle tracks.
I think I will try to find a way around the little village so I can use some of the route but bypass the village, as there were some fun hills I really liked and it’s a longer route then the 26Km…..
Well, all in all it was a nice ride, even that it was rather hard at some stages because of a hard wind. The average speed was 29.5Km/h (18.3mph).