After four weeks off the bike, following the fall in Cape Town, I assembled the Griffen on my arrival in Florence for a quick bike ride. Jet lag, too much airplane food and some real body cobwebs made for a tough ride. But it was great to be out in Tuscany, rolling through the meadows and through the hills in early Spring but also to be cycling again. This awful feeling would pass.
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HI,
FOUND YOU WEBSITE WHILE LOOKING FOR CYCLING INFO ON TUSCANY. LIKE YOU I COULDN'T FIND GROUPS THAT JUST WANTED TO RIDE. I AM GOING IN SEP. WITH SOME FRIENDS WHO DON'T CYCLE, AND COULDN'T IMAGINE NOT DOING SOME ROAD CYCLING THERE. I DO LIKE CYCLING ALONE BUT WAS HESITANT ABOUT DOING THAT IN AN UNFAMILIAR TERRAIN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.SO IT WAS GOOD TO READ YOU DID THAT, AND HAD A GOOD TIME.
I WILL BE STAYING JUST OUTSIDE SAN GIMIGNANO. ANY EXTRA TIPS FOR GOING SOLO.
THANKS,
LINDA
Posted by: linda | January 07, 2009 at 11:14 AM