Stage 20
This day (and night) was utter insanity.
Stage 22
rolling over the Susquehanna River. Today’s stage meanders in and out of NY and PA for 175 miles. AND @mrjoestaples is donating a buck for each mile we ride today & tomorrow! (at Pay up Joe!)
Only 3 days left of LIOTR!
We’re going to try and post some of those requested images throughout the day today. This one is for @rpconstantinonyc and @keegan19 who wanted to see more Badlands shots. (at Badlands National Park)
Stage 21
Big comeback day for us on the road. After the rough events of last night we got a pretty late start, but were fortunate to have a tailwind nearly all the way along Cycling Rt 17. We still finished after the sun went down but it was a much better day all around. Thanks for the positive words of support and all the donations today!! (at Horseheads, NY)
Stage 20
Around 11pm. The moment we realized that the last 2 hours of climbing steep gravel roads in the dark had taken is in a circle. Our Garmins had failed us and we still had 35 miles to ride. (at Somewhere in PA)
Stage 20 was brutally hard.
Due to a bunch of issues including unreliable navigation we added a lot of extra miles, in the dark, on sketchy gravel roads. In the end we 175 miles and climbed 10k feet. It was a 16 hour long day that didn’t end until 1am. Today we have another hard ride on tap and we’re getting a really late start, but we’ll pull through. I guess this is our way of saying riding across the US is hard, and we’d really love to hit our fundraising goal. We crossed the $30k mark but we still have a long way to go. If every follower went to leaveitontheroad.com and donated $4.00, we’d be there. Thanks for all of your support thus far, both monetarily and emotionally. We really appreciate it.
And then everything got quiet
LIOTR Stage 20 - The wind stopped, the birds stopped chirping, and then the rains came. We were drenched within seconds and this storm set off a chain reaction of events that had us riding until 1am.
Stage 19
It is hot & humid out here in Ohio. We are going through bottles of Skratch Labs like crazy. (at Sandwich stop.)
Happy 4th of July!
We rode our bikes straight through into July 5. The last three hours were ridden by the lights of the team car and we finished our 180 mile day just after midnight. At least we got a chance to light off some Roman Candles!
LIOTR Stage 18
Ohio was kind enough to match their flowers & sunset to our Rapha vests.