⏱️ 02:17 total (1:40 actual) ⇄28.9km ⌀17.2km/h ↗109m ↘?m

At last, the weather was cool enough to go for a bike ride at a reasonable hour.

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⏱️ 04:06 total (1:45 actual) ⇄28.5km ⌀16.1km/h ↗89m ↘?m

Good ride yesterday, to deliver some seedlings I have been growing to a friend who lives under the Fiumicino take-off flight path, just across from the excellent cycle path. It was hot, but not too hot, the going mostly flat, the wind blustery at times, but manageable, and I managed to take in the world’s best roadside food. All good. Naturally I have a complaint.

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Cracking ride yesterday with RuotaLibera, the Rome chapter of FIAB that I belong to. It was billed as a Christmassy ride around the parks of the south of Rome, and it was a blast. The guides had mapped out a great route that had a few exciting moments — roundabouts where you’re never quite certain...

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⏱️ 05:21 total (2:45 actual) ⇄39.3km ⌀14.3km/h ↗?m ↘?m

Yesterday there was a Pedalata Solidale in an area to the south of Rome, organised by Salvaiciclisti Roma. I belong to a different cycling organisation, but it seemed like a good idea to get out and about for the first time in ages...

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⏱️ 01:48   ⇄29.7km   ⌀16.3km/h   ↗?m   ↘?m

Another fine ride, and for the first time with an old friend and his old bicycle, a beautiful Moulton. We met for a preliminary coffee in a newly reclaimed park down by the Tiber, which when I lived nearby was a barren wasteland used mostly by junkies,...

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