Post by Alec Burney
You can get there on a Rando bike.
I've been riding mine for a bit more than a year now, and it's taken me to a few places.
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Photo by Mary Gersema |
It's probably no coincidence that during that time, I've met three other people riding VO Rando frames in Maryland and Virginia. Hi Bob, Mark, and Steve!
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last years' rides. This view: 170mi x 110mi |
The snapshots in this post are my GPS tracks from those rides, all layered one on top of the other.
When you zoom way out, it's just a big ball of spaghetti, covering almost all of Maryland and Northern Virginia, with some stray strands in Southern Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and one reaching offscreen to North Carolina...
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Catoctin Mountain. This view: 5mi x 8 mi |
If you look closer, though, some order emerges. The Rando has taken me across Catoctin Mountain (right) every way you can go! It's a good climber, and you can be sure that it's seen more than a few "gut busters" in the last year...
The rando has also passed through Gettysburg, PA (below) several ways, but it looks like we missed a few. We'll have to fix that!
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Gettysburg, PA. This view: 2mi x 3mi |
We also seem to really like the area around Frederick (below, left), scouring the quiet country roads on ride after ride....
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Patuxent river, MD. This View: 25mi x 14mi |
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Frederick, MD. This View: 35mi x 24mi |
I've also taken the Rando to explore the Patuxent river (above, right), and even Washington, DC (below).
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Washington, DC. This View 3mi x 1.5 mi |
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Photo by Mary Gersema |
PS: If any of you collect routes, you can download the ones shown here from my
ridewithgps page.
Curious about how to make your own tracks? I use
motionX; some of my buddies use
Garmin, and there seems to be an
option for Andriod users too.
Thanks for reading! Happy riding, everyone!