I had complained about Winter several weeks ago and, with warmer weather — nearly 55F — just last week, I was thinking that springtime was near.
Even spent a bit of time this weekend prepping my motorcycle for the return to spring-ish weather.
Nope.
Mother Nature decided that she had other plans.
Woke up today to 5F.
The high temperature will be a blustery 20F today.
The Wee-Star shall remain parked in the barn.
Pissed posts this. It’s a speed run up Mt. Washington. I’ll admit, that’s impressive. I wouldn’t do it.
Here in Colorado, while we have lots of mountains and we have the highest paved road in North America: Mt. Evans. I run up that one a few times per year. Except we can’t race on it.
We can, however, race up Pikes Peak, which is just a few hours South of Mt. Evans — the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.
So, here are a few runs up that bad boy:
The time record up the hill:
Here’s one on an electric motorcycle — just not the same without the rumble of a gas engine:
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a two-wheel fan. I’ve ridden several different kinds of bikes and even test-ridden a few atypical designs (trikes, sidecars). I like ’em all. I even have an appreciation for scooters.
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the rest of me 