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KTrain · 01-04-2018, 05:56 PM

Today was my last ride in Arizona before coming back to the reality of Calgary winter. Though I missed out on the worst of it.

I met up with the guy who sold me his old bike at the beginning of the trip. He's a 77 year old, US Marine and cancer survivor. Hell of a nice guy and passionate about cycling. He did 9800+kms last year! Granted he's retired and has the time but still impressive.

He had a wicked crash vs a car in 2014 so he's been keeping his rides close to home these days. Today he took me on the loops he does to keep in shape. A couple times around a 15km loop and a couple more around 7-8 kms. 45kms in total. We didn't break any speed records but it was a blast.

A couple photos:

Spoiler!

01-04-2018, 05:56 PM	#6275
KTrain ALL ABOARD! Join Date: Oct 2003 Exp:	Today was my last ride in Arizona before coming back to the reality of Calgary winter. Though I missed out on the worst of it. I met up with the guy who sold me his old bike at the beginning of the trip. He's a 77 year old, US Marine and cancer survivor. Hell of a nice guy and passionate about cycling. He did 9800+kms last year! Granted he's retired and has the time but still impressive. He had a wicked crash vs a car in 2014 so he's been keeping his rides close to home these days. Today he took me on the loops he does to keep in shape. A couple times around a 15km loop and a couple more around 7-8 kms. 45kms in total. We didn't break any speed records but it was a blast. A couple photos: Spoiler! Dropping me on the descent. I blame the wind and his nicer bike and aero-bars. But I got him back on the hills...I shouldn't brag... Last edited by KTrain; 01-04-2018 at 07:56 PM.