Let's try a new route

After riding pretty much the same routes for what seems like forever I thought we should head elsewhere for a change. I've thought about riding Taunton Rd for a while now but just never got around to it but tonight I decided Justin and I would head south instead of or usual north. We rode to 10th Line and turned south and rode into a bit of a wind which would be helpful coming home because as opposed to our usual routes we were riding downhill to open up and uphill coming back. The road heading down 10th Line was in great shape although there was only about a 6" shoulder to work with. Actually the roads were all in great shape except for a bit of roughness on 14th Ave between 10th and York Durham. That's where we turned, at 14th and rode to York Durham where we turned south again. We got to Taunton Rd and made a left to head east. Taunton was great because even though there was a fair amount of traffic it had a huge paved shoulder that we rode on. This was a fast part of the ride where I could average 34-35 km/hr and for one stretch of about 2 km I averaged 45 km/hr. Justin didn't push it to my degree but he kept up very nicely only lagging behind by a bit. We turned around just past Brock Rd and began the gradual climb back towards home. There was one long gradual hill but for the most part it was just slight climbing. All in all it was a nice ride on great roads and a great change from the usual. This route is only good for a short ride though, only 40 km worth because once you get past Brock Rd the area starts getting kind of urban and there are a lot of traffic lights that tend to slow you down but for a short sprint it's not bad. On our way home we rode by and stopped in on Chris to congratulate him on his performance in Louisville. We talked about his exploits and the race for a bit and we could see that he was still pretty pumped and excited about the race. He said he was looking forward to riding with us on Thursday and I thought geez, if it was me I'd be sleeping for a week.