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#693775 06/08/11 01:03 PM
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I'm feeling the need to live through you all vicariously as I don't have any cycling trips planned for this year. I'll ride around home here in Alaska, but nothing out-of-state. I'd sure like to hear about where you ride, even if it's just your local area. Do you have a favorite route or destination?

I was riding into work yesterday on the bike path that borders our intertidal mud flats. I enjoyed noting on which mounds of grass the gulls and ducks were nesting, as well as that the shooting stars, chocolate lilies and wild iris are all in bloom now. I didn't see any river otters or bears, however, but I may not have been out early enough. It's amazing what you see when you're not flying by at 55 mph!


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I saw sooooo many riders in CO and even went into a little bike shop in Boulder that sold all kinds of cool bikes. I miss riding but have so many tailbone injuries that it's painful to do it. Do you know of any seats that are good for people with nasty tailbone issues?


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I'd suggest a seat that has a cut-out area in the back so that your tailbone is suspended rather than resting on the seat. There are lots of manufacturers that make them. If you go to a good bike shop, you should be able to try out different models before you buy.

Good luck!


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I haven't been riding in a while - my poor bikes are getting dusty! Hopefully once I get back from my upcoming trip I'll be able to settle down and get some bike time in.


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I hope you do, too, Lisa. I'm guessing you don't have to worry about rain keeping you in!


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I just came back from a ride along the Shining Sea bike path that runs from Woods Hole up through Falmouth on Cape Cod. I didn't make it a long ride, my butt is still tender. It takes 3-4 days of cycling for it firm up when I haven't been riding for a while. It's a beautiful ride though, through woods and then along the shore of Vineyard Sound with salt ponds on the other side and past an osprey nest up on a pole, full of young birds calling for dinner.

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I rode along the Shining Sea bike path again today. This time I went more than twice as far before buttburn set in. Progress!

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Shining Sea - sounds like a nice ride. How long is the full length? What's the terrrain like? Details, please! We'be been having weeks of 50 degrees and rain here in Alaska; I need to live vicariously through someone!


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