A Day of Climbing the Carpathian Mountains
We are out of plains and into the mountains. Since this was to be a long hot day, we left at sunrise and started climbing over stunning mountains and dense national forests. The farms were now in the fertile river valleys, but maybe even poorer looking than the plains. Today it seemed like the older women were out doing the field work, with few men or young people in sight.
The first half of the ride was smooth road that was quite smooth. The second half was a beater road that kept the speed down – especially on the descents. One section of concrete road had some steep sections broken up and washed out, so it was like riding on a riverbed. Since most of us are not riding mountain bikes, we had to dismount and walk part of it. I am sure grateful for my larger touring tires, but some of the roads needed mountain bike tires.
When we arrived the temps were in the low 90s, our legs were spent from the climbing, and upper body sore from the jarring. My Roubaix bike is holding up well, thought.
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