Sunday Ride

The crowds seem to be thinning out as the weekend and bank holiday come to an end. That is good news for the parts of the rides getting out of and back into town – sometimes hair-raising. There are beach-goers on clunker bikes, pushing strollers and riding mopeds everywhere.

Today’s ride was similar in terms of distance and grades to yesterday’s. Starting and ending on the coast with climbs into the rolling farm land. Since it is the start of the “regular” Belvedere week, we had more riders in the group – 21 divided into two groups making it a little more difficult to guide. It was refreshing to realize that, for the most part, it wasn’t my problem!

We always stop for “coffee” in one or more cute villages, but the views across the rolling fields are the highlight. Today we toured Castle Gradara which was having a festival complete with a blond dressed as Cinderella.

I have looked closer at the rental bikes we ride. For those interested (Lauve wonders how many that actually is) the Campy frames have a logo saying “Nick.” I can’t find that model on the Campy site. The components are Veloce which are towards the bottom of the price range – I’m thinking 105 or Tiagra level in Shimano, but they shift well and the brakes are powerful.