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Cherry Creek Bike Ride

It was such a nice day that we decided to take our (newly tuned up) bicycles out for a spin.

We have walked around Cherry Creek Reservoir many times (never completely around) several times so we figured that we could take ride around the entire reservoir.

Well, we didn’t have a map so we couldn’t find the connecting road once we got to the end. So we turned around and went back the way we came.

A total of 14.89 miles

Cherry Creek is great for bikes as the roads are mostly flat. The only bad part is that there are A LOT of riders on the road. Most of the riders use the roadway (which is cool since we prefer the trails).

The riders who use the road are dicks. They think that they own the road. A lot of the riders ride side by side (sometimes four across) and fail to yield to cars. Share the road, don’t hog it. Did I mention that a the road riders are dicks. My brother calls them Bike Nazis. Good name.

Our buts were really tires by the end of the ride so needless to say we made another trip to Derby Bicycles and purchased a couple of new seats. The new seats are gel seats with springs. Totally comfortable. I’ll let you know how they feel after tomorrows ride.

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Cool bike rack huh?

 

 

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Another picture of the cool bike rack

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