Big Ride - Day 26 - Taylor, MN to New Ulm, MN

Fast ride today. Anxious to get to our rest day. Morning was extremely foggy and looked like I was riding through the movie Sleepy Hollow. Great shots of some lake. Weather cleared by the 2nd SAG stop so I lost the arm warmers and pushed on. Ruben and Chuck were a head of me and I kept on their tail all the way into camp. Stats were probably around 19-20mph for an average speed. My cycle computer was off in the morning saying I was doing 24mph, then 14mph, then jumping back over 20 while I kept the same speed. I think either the battery is going, or the computer doesn't like wet temperatures.

Hopefully it's the battery.

Got into MLC and got lunch at the Olde World Deli. The wild rice hamburger soup was awesome. Rode back to the dorms to hang out, catch a nap, and txt some friends before dinner. After dinner, did some work on downloading photos before heading out to see The Dark Knight.

The showing was supposed to be at 9 (per Simon's info) but turned out to be at 10:10.

We killed time by climbing street signs and hitting up a bar.

We then killed more time by going to the theater and seeing how many refills we could go through on the large popcorn and sodas before the movie began.

We gave up around the 3rd bag.

The movie was long, but awesome.

Walked back to the dorms and now it's bed time.

Final Ride Stats

Mileage:

88.90 miles

Time:

5:04'39

Avg Speed:

17.51 mph

Max Speed:

35.30 mph

Photos

Eerie fog over a lake

For the bike geeks out there: street sign near the MLC dorm.

Chair races down the hall: Austin vs. Noah, Part 1

Chair races down the hall: Austin vs. Noah, Part 2

Prank: How much do you put in the vending machine to get Steph's bike?

At the movies, chowing down on popcorn on line

Austin holding the popcorn for the reach arounds

Sign at the local bank