Pedaling up Sugarloaf Mountain was much harder than I anticipated. The hill rises around 300 feet in just over 1/2 mile, over a 10% grade. I had to stop once to rest on the way up, my heart reaching max heart rate. While I don’t wear a heart rate monitor, I can tell my heart…
Author: Rob Spera
Lake Minneola
Beautiful vistas of lakes dotting the rolling countryside made cycling to Clermont serene and peaceful. Lightly traveled roads made the ride one of the nicest rides I’ve experienced in Florida in several years. Passing so many lakes, some small, some large, reminded me of cycling in Minnesota. Only the live oaks draped with Spanish moss…
Bed for a Bicycle
Every Italian racing bicycle should have it’s own bed. Actually, I couldn’t find a good place in the RV to store the bike. I certainly wasn’t going to hang the bike outside on the bike rack that is holding the mountain bike. I am staying for a week near Clermont and Mt Dora, northwest of…
Withlachoochee State Trail
Cycling the northern section of the Withalchoochee State Trail filled me with nostalgia. I’ve been on this trail so many times before I felt as if I was coming home. I started riding this trail back in 1995. I estimate I rode this trail somewhere between 200 and 300 times, traveling well over 10,000 miles….
Rainbow River
Rainbow Springs produces 490,000,000 gallons of water a day to form the Rainbow River. The Rainbow River joins with the Withlachoochee River which then flows out to the Gulf of Mexico. The Rainbow Springs Basin encompasses over 700 square miles from Dunnellon north to almost Gainesville, and east almost to Ocala. Some of the rain…