Aw finally in Colorado! The next 4 or 5 days are going to be great because we have some short riding days with time off in between. Th
e reason Colorado is a little more laid back is because Push America has developed a lot of good relations with the disability centers around here. Also, there are Pi Kappa Phi chapters in Fort Collins at CSU and CU Boulder which are only an hour apart. We get to visit both chapters as well as do a bunch of programming in the areas. The ride today went great, it was funny thinking that a 50 mile day felt short but I guess after doing a couple of 100 mile days prior made today feel like a breeze. The weather was nice and we had a little tail wind in the morning so we were just flying down the road at about 25 mph. Since we were riding on the fourth of July we couldn’t help but light off some fireworks! Right before crossing the WY-CO border the pace line I was in stopped just short. Cameron had bought some smoke bombs and insisted we light them because we were at the border and the whole team was stopping for pictures. All five of us lit the smoke bombs and then proceeded to ride with them in our hand towards everyone! We were all yelling in celebration of America’s Birthday while leaving our trail of smoke! It was pretty funny and I think everyone enjoyed the little celebration. After getting pictures at the border we started downhill at a fast pace. We were traveling at about 30 mph when I got a flat in my back tire. It’s never fun having to stop when moving at a pace like that but flats happen. Luckily my tire only went flat, later in the day Cameron’s tire completely blew out. It’s easy to tell when this happens because it usually sounds like a shotgun going off. His tire had a huge hole in it due to all the pressure built up, this usually happens due to too much wear of the tire or from too much air in the tire.
It is nice to be back in some civilization, Fort Collins is hot and beautiful. The CSU chapter hosted our lunch, it was cool meeting some of their members and touring their chapter house. Their house is pretty big and is one of the nicer Pi Kappa Phi chapter houses I have seen.
Later we left for the church where we stayed for lodging. Dan Wallis, one of the cyclists on the trip, is from Fort Collins and his family came out to see him and meet the team. His dad is a chiropractor and offered to adjust us if we liked. I had him adjust my back and neck which felt great and loosened up the stiffness I had from keeping it in the upright position all day. He was a really great guy and adjusted guys for almost two hours. After some down time we headed to our sponsored dinner Noodles, a pasta restaurant that served some delicious varieties of pasta and salad.
Later tonight everyone got to go out and celebrate July 4. There was a local firework show that all of us wanted
to check out. Walking over to the park there were hundreds of others attending the same firework show. I couldn’t believe how many people have bicycles around here. It seems like there are equal number of people on bikes as there are cars. They put on a great firework show and we all had a great time just hanging out with each other. A few of the older guys headed to the bars before hitting bed. It was a really fun fourth and great memory getting to hang out with all these cool guys on a holiday!
e reason Colorado is a little more laid back is because Push America has developed a lot of good relations with the disability centers around here. Also, there are Pi Kappa Phi chapters in Fort Collins at CSU and CU Boulder which are only an hour apart. We get to visit both chapters as well as do a bunch of programming in the areas. The ride today went great, it was funny thinking that a 50 mile day felt short but I guess after doing a couple of 100 mile days prior made today feel like a breeze. The weather was nice and we had a little tail wind in the morning so we were just flying down the road at about 25 mph. Since we were riding on the fourth of July we couldn’t help but light off some fireworks! Right before crossing the WY-CO border the pace line I was in stopped just short. Cameron had bought some smoke bombs and insisted we light them because we were at the border and the whole team was stopping for pictures. All five of us lit the smoke bombs and then proceeded to ride with them in our hand towards everyone! We were all yelling in celebration of America’s Birthday while leaving our trail of smoke! It was pretty funny and I think everyone enjoyed the little celebration. After getting pictures at the border we started downhill at a fast pace. We were traveling at about 30 mph when I got a flat in my back tire. It’s never fun having to stop when moving at a pace like that but flats happen. Luckily my tire only went flat, later in the day Cameron’s tire completely blew out. It’s easy to tell when this happens because it usually sounds like a shotgun going off. His tire had a huge hole in it due to all the pressure built up, this usually happens due to too much wear of the tire or from too much air in the tire.It is nice to be back in some civilization, Fort Collins is hot and beautiful. The CSU chapter hosted our lunch, it was cool meeting some of their members and touring their chapter house. Their house is pretty big and is one of the nicer Pi Kappa Phi chapter houses I have seen.
Later we left for the church where we stayed for lodging. Dan Wallis, one of the cyclists on the trip, is from Fort Collins and his family came out to see him and meet the team. His dad is a chiropractor and offered to adjust us if we liked. I had him adjust my back and neck which felt great and loosened up the stiffness I had from keeping it in the upright position all day. He was a really great guy and adjusted guys for almost two hours. After some down time we headed to our sponsored dinner Noodles, a pasta restaurant that served some delicious varieties of pasta and salad.
Later tonight everyone got to go out and celebrate July 4. There was a local firework show that all of us wanted
to check out. Walking over to the park there were hundreds of others attending the same firework show. I couldn’t believe how many people have bicycles around here. It seems like there are equal number of people on bikes as there are cars. They put on a great firework show and we all had a great time just hanging out with each other. A few of the older guys headed to the bars before hitting bed. It was a really fun fourth and great memory getting to hang out with all these cool guys on a holiday!
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