Yesterday I was off to the races.
No, I wasn't in the peloton or even at the starting line. But I was in the vicinity of a track.
All right, it wasn't a velodrome. But it's probably the one truly important racing venue outside the world of cycling. I'm talking, of course about the Daytona Speedway.
To be more precise, I pedaled to Daytona Beach, which meant that I did two 100k rides in three days, which is two more than I'd done in the three previous months.
I rode up and down the streets, along the boardwalk and, yes, on the beach itself. I was going to do the latter because, I reasoned, if it was OK for cars and jeeps to drive there, why not bikes? Plus, I was riding a beach cruiser, and I thought perhaps it should actually be ridden on a beach at least once!
Believe it or not, the car lane on the beach is actually designated as the Daytona Beach Highway, subject to all of the same rules and regulations as other automobile routes. The difference is, of course, that it's sand instead of asphalt or concrete, and the speed limit is ten miles per hour (16KPH). Hey, you can go faster than that on your bike!
But the best part of going to and from Daytona by bike is the beautiful road--Route A1A--that skirts the coast line. When you're riding north from Daytona, all you have to do is look--real hard--to your right and, on a clear day, you can see Casablanca. After all, it's only 6866.9 kilometers (4246 miles) away.
No, I wasn't in the peloton or even at the starting line. But I was in the vicinity of a track.
All right, it wasn't a velodrome. But it's probably the one truly important racing venue outside the world of cycling. I'm talking, of course about the Daytona Speedway.
To be more precise, I pedaled to Daytona Beach, which meant that I did two 100k rides in three days, which is two more than I'd done in the three previous months.
I rode up and down the streets, along the boardwalk and, yes, on the beach itself. I was going to do the latter because, I reasoned, if it was OK for cars and jeeps to drive there, why not bikes? Plus, I was riding a beach cruiser, and I thought perhaps it should actually be ridden on a beach at least once!
Believe it or not, the car lane on the beach is actually designated as the Daytona Beach Highway, subject to all of the same rules and regulations as other automobile routes. The difference is, of course, that it's sand instead of asphalt or concrete, and the speed limit is ten miles per hour (16KPH). Hey, you can go faster than that on your bike!
But the best part of going to and from Daytona by bike is the beautiful road--Route A1A--that skirts the coast line. When you're riding north from Daytona, all you have to do is look--real hard--to your right and, on a clear day, you can see Casablanca. After all, it's only 6866.9 kilometers (4246 miles) away.
Impressive distances on a beach cruiser. By the way, congratulations on the +3000 posts.
ReplyDeleteHi Chris--Thanks. Great to hear from you again!
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