Saturday Bike Ride Turned Adventure!

Another 1st - Camera in timer mode.

30 miles PR. My farthest maybe ever on any bike, Goldilocks last year I did 25 miles on my Raleigh comfort bike. And Cyndie's farthest on her new bike. Her legs are way strong and she is a very good bike rider. She has a lot of riding experience with her mountain bike and knows how to pedal efficiently and about foot position and how it can help you to use different muscles in your legs. You can give some a rest! When she buys shoes and clips she will be riding circles around me.
I learned a lot of other things from riding with her today. She reminds us about down-shifting before a stop so that on take-off we won't be pedaling hard. Also, if I keep my eyes further ahead on the road instead of right in front of me looking for a object not to run over I don't wobble and look like a snake going down the highway. If I forget how to shift my bike she can fix that too. I might just rent her out, give me a call for pricing.
With my disappointment post we already know what went wrong. What went right, well riding with Cyndie. Riding by Robyn's house and showing Cyndie where I go to agility class. Knowing that we CAN ride UP Redwood Road to Camp Williams. Cyndie finding the Jordan River Parkway after we left the group & someone in their yard telling us where we could get on it. Riding the JRP and seeing Eagle bones with a feather attached. Seeing a large group on horses. Racing a little boy on his bike, competitive little pot! Seeing a llama. Meeting a guy with those barefoot running shoes - yes his feet were hurting. Finding a park at the end of the trail with a restroom. Negotiating our way EASILY through Lehi like we had a route map with us. We were blessed to each have been on parts of our route before and recognizing where we were. Finding out we were strong enough to Ride UP the frontage road hill by I-15 and point of the mountain. Round-a-bout all to ourselves. Getting home SAFELY.


One critical point. For Goldilocks, as much as I want to ride the 40, in REST preparation for the marathon, 20 will be what I need to ride.


Stats: 30 miles
Fastest mile: 3:07
Slowest mile: 11:56
Biggest climb: 4461 ft to 4864 ft
Steepest climb: 4544 ft to 4779 ft


Shift problem solved at Infinite Cycle. For my Cannondale with the compact & sram, push the shifter hard until it moves gears. Then to return to small ring tap twice and it goes down.

GPS for Trailheads - Jordan River Parkway

 Jordan River Parkway

The Jordan River Parkway weaves in and out of urban areas, parks and marshy riversides as it follows the Jordan River, traversing north from Utah Lake through Salt Lake County to Davis County. Although still under development, the trail offers more than 23 trailheads, most of which have restrooms and water fountains and some of which have picnic areas and playgrounds. The paved trail will be more than 40 miles once complete.

The zero mile marker is at N40.35142 W111.90317 in Utah County, alongside Saratoga Drive. The trail goes 9 miles north to the Jordan Narrows Trailhead, just past the county line in Utah County, following the river closely, then has a 10 percent grade up to the Jordan Narrows, where trail-goers will enjoy wide vistas. At that point, there is a 3-mile gap to the Spring View Farms Trailhead on 14600S. The Salt Lake County website provides a map of other gaps in the trail. Its asphalt surface ends at N. Redwood Road.

GPS for Trailheads on the Jordan River Parkway:

Utah County Park N40.35746 W111.89957

Jordan Narrows N40.44504 -111.92702

Spring View Farms N40.48666 W111.92710

Jordan River Rotary Parkway N40.52620 W111.91881; W10000 N40.57155 W111.91629;

Gardner Village N40.60924 W111.92099

Jordan River Blvd N 40.62329 W111.92117

Winchester Park N40.63109 W111.92423

Walden Park N40.65204 W111.92314

Murray Taylorsville N40.66741 W111.90777

James Madison Park N40.69923 W111.92260

Glendale Park N 40.73374 W111.92457

Riverside Park/Rose Park N40.78275 W111.93313.