Our first report was filed by N.Y. Roll. He actually did his ride BEFORE the stated time stamp, but we'll see what he has to say about this after his report. Here is his day from Western New York.
I started before dawn, I headed south on NYS RT 19, and passed through Pearl Creek, then as the road went left with a bend in the road, I stayed pedaling west and headed to West Middelbury.
I ascended into the hills. I then descended by the church. Then I spent what felt like a lifetime climbing up 12-15% grade trying to get to Attica. I finally got there after a long descent in to the valley. I was happy to only be passed by 5 cars till that point.
The next leg of the ride was a lot of untraveled roads. Even though I'd been around here in my youth I do not recall the roads I passed down today. Around mile 27 I came across a covered bridge in Folsomdale. Once I crossed the bridge I knew my general direction of travel would be heading east for the remainder of the ride.
I came across a few sleet/rain cells. Nothing heavy but enough to be concerned. So I went north across the border to Genesee County in Darien Center. I would be on pavement for the remainder of the day.
I ended the day with 63 miles and 3,200ft of climbing. It was a quiet day on the bike.
Following are N.Y. Roll's images:
Finally, N.Y. Roll offers up the following as his defense for doing the VTBR earlier than Thanksgiving Day:
In case anyone wants to complain about me doing outside the window.....
Weather was a BIG factor in many of the reports I received this year. Stay tuned for more VTBR Reports throughout the week and next week as well.
Nice work, man...
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