Today's highlight was visiting the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis that is named after the African American sprint cyclist and world champion at the beginning of the 20th century. My first time visiting and riding on a velodrome, it was great fun climbing "the wall" of the track and trying to get the bike up to 30 mph. I have new found respect for the racers who far exceed that speed and do it on a single speed bicycle!
Our back road excursion from Crawfordsville to Indianapolis was prettier than I was expecting for a ride through central Indiana. The 70 mile route was full of twists and 57 turns through fields, farms, neighborhoods and city streets. It was a good day.
One more day in Indiana then 3 days in Ohio followed by a single day in Pennsylvania. We will ride 465 miles in the next 5 days...
Good for you! I wanted to ride the velodrome last year but it wasn't open to the public on the day we got to Indianapolis.
ReplyDeleteVelodrome...yikes! Hey only 6 miles from there to the Ocenaire Seafood Room...crabckaes anyone?
ReplyDeletegood to see the pic of all my buds. keep on pedalling man!
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