We did our first Saturday morning ride from Kirkwood and we had a nice turnout with 7 riders ready to tackle JeffCo. It was pretty typical down to Local Hillsboro road. Instead of cutting back on Dulin Creek, we stayed on Local Hillsboro, Cedar Hill and S. Byrnesville. The new roads were good and added some variety to the usual routes. We also took Lower Byrnes Mill from Franks up to Twin Rivers. I knew that intersection was on a hill but had never climbed it from this side. Never steep but it seemed to go on for a good distance. It was hard enough that it caused everyone to be spread out by the top. We also climbed Nollman for the first time up to Antire. The lower half is plenty steep and gradually eases as you go. One plus of Nollman is that being such a small road, the traffic is low. Two times on the road and yet to see a car.

Distance should have been about 53 or 54 miles. Tack on the 12 or so mile commute and I got a good 65. I was gone for a little over 5 hrs but take away 15 minutes of waiting before the ride, 10 minutes after the ride, two flat fixes, one broken spoke and a couple gas station breaks and I think 45 minutes can be taken off that time. Actual ride time was probably about 4:20

Weekly hours: 10.5 hrs