Distance Vertical Gain Duration 88.4 Miles 538 Feet 8 Hours 53 Minutes Starting off our morning, the wet trail was lit up with the beams of our headlamps and bike lights with our final day on the bikes ahead of us. Finally, got the boys to start riding at 6:30 AM, my preferred start time for a big adventure. To me, moving in the dark is like free miles and free time, in that, everything you accomplish before the sun comes up feels like a bonus and somehow easier compared to starting later in the day. This made our breakfast …

Distance Vertical Gain Duration 92.9 Miles 2,224 Feet 10 Hours 29 Minutes Waking up to the predicted forecast of rain on the roof of the cabin we spent the night in was difficult pill to swallow. I’d previously completed a bike touring trip for 3 days around the White Mountains of New Hampshire entirely in the rain, and I was not looking forward to almost a century ride in the rain today. With a bit more pep in our step this morning than the previous two, we loaded up our bikes, dawned all our warm clothes, rain gear, and pushed off …

Distance Vertical Gain Duration 86.3 Miles 974 Feet 9 Hours 22 Minutes Waking out of a sleep, on a terribly uncomfortable couch, that only an entire day on a bike can put your body into, I was ready for another day in the saddle. But there were a few items to square away before we could pedal off towards Paw Paw, West Virginia nearly 90 miles away. Pat found himself carrying extra gear that was simply not useful, so he wandered down to the Post Office and shipped extra clothing and a pair of shoes. I was off in the other …

Distance Vertical Gain Duration 83.6 Miles 1,257 Feet 8 Hours 17 Minutes With grand ambitions of being in the saddle first thing in the morning, just after breakfast burritos and coffee, reality set in and we were not even close to being ready to go. And by we, I mean Ben. While Pat and I squared away everything the night before, Ben still had a litany of items to complete before we could roll away from his home in Alexandria, VA. The list included installing a new chain, mounting handlebars, installing brake levers, wrapping said handlebars, the exhausting task of mounting …