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We celebrated another memorable cycling week in Europe with a salad, bruschetta and pizza dinner at a little café with a view to the Adriatic. A bus was picking us up at 3:30 AM the next morning to take … Continue reading
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The story of a Day 5 crash can now be told given that no competitive advantage can be gained by Italian readers of this blog who might also be riding Fondo Leopardiana. OK, so there are no known Italian readers … Continue reading
Recanati is only 7 or 8 km away from Loreto, home to Hotel San Francesco, our lodging, but it might as well have been 15 miles because of the deep valley that lay between the two towns. Thus, we put … Continue reading
We arrived in Recanati at 3:30 in the afternoon to register for Fondo Leopardiana. The ride organizers knew we were coming, and we had received the following email from the ride director a day earlier: Dear Jack (and Bike Boyz) … Continue reading
We debated plans for Day 7, slated to be a short easy ride to the Adriatic—a recovery day prior to Fondo Leopardiana. First, we considered transferring by van back to Old Baldy and riding 75 miles to the Adriatic by … Continue reading