I did just over 13 miles on the fixie today. My plan was to go all the way to Rochester Mills Brewery and take these awesome paved bike trails that parallel the roads in this area, but when the route I had planed out turned out to be a dirt road I detoured a little and then turned around.
The dirt road is marked in red above, and is part of a state wide bike trail system called "Rails to Trails." The 'X' marks the location of the brewery. There was a lot of elevation to deal with. On one hand uphill is hard (single speed), on the other hand down hill is scary (no brakes), and down hill into traffic is even scarier (no brakes!).
When I got home Lisa thought the brewery was a great idea, so we ended up going after all. This time by car though. So here's some pic's from the brewery.
Hard time deciding?
They were out of IPA, so I got the Wit, so did Lisa.
Every time we go here it makes me want to build something with bricks.
3 comments:
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Fixies ... not so good for hilly areas. Wait--hills? What the hell? I thought you lived near Detroit.
Mapping rides is for bonus. Have you considered GPS tracking?
yeah, near detroit in "auburn hills."
Bah. I took a ride up "Gallagher Hill Road" on Sunday wondering why the road was named that.
Why? 30-story vertical rise over about a half mile. Ouch.
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