For this tour, our cycling group is pretty small, only 6 people. We have a six person van to move our equipment from location to location, so one of us needs to drive each day. Sometimes, one person will drive from the start of the ride to the end and some days we'll split the driving, one person in the morning and one person after lunch in the afternoon. We want everyone to get equal riding time, so depending on day we'll decide who will take the wheel. Today Mike volunteered to drive in the morning to lunch and I drove from lunch to the hotel.
The morning section of the ride was pretty fun. As we started out, we descended into a valley with vineyards stretching to the horizon. I just hope that my photos have captured the beauty of the views. As we were descending into the valley the laborers were just starting their day. Was pasted on group that were playing recorded music as they worked. So strange to be in this beautiful French countryside while hearing Jamaican reggae music in the fields. It just brightened my day.
The ride to the halfway point of 25 miles was fairly nice. Mostly on country roads and some other roads with a bit of traffic. The weather, unlike yesterday showed no indication of rain and the temperatures we in the low 70's for the most part.
After lunch, I took my turn at the wheel and drove the van to our hotel in Vitry-Le-Francois.
The following chart is generated by a program called Epic Ride Weather. The phone app uses the route information generated by the routing program, RideWithGPS, and combines it with other information to predict the ride conditions of the day. As you can see, it shows the ride conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind direction and wind speed) for the ride. The information is pretty accurate.
Brian
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