| Ride Date |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
Modify Ride |
2007/6/1
(Fri)
|
134.72 |
06:07:26 |
22.00 |
857 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Typical commute, the post office with load. Stopped in the Vingio Park to enjoy the horse contest for a while, then rode a metric which included Trakai (met LY4U on his bicycle near Lentvaris), Vievis, Cekoniskes with a detour to Uzutrakis where I spent some time slowly exploring the manor and the park. Pretty amazing. Found an abandoned Soviet time children camp or something. Then stopped by a modern camping by Slenis. Rode to Vingio Park again, after returning to Vilnius, the contest was still going on. Enjoyed it a lot. Saw 165 other cyclists today.
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| Weather Conditions: Much more comfortable than the previous days. The temperature was in the range of +20C, overcast most of the day. It seemed it was going to start raining in Trakai, but the sky cleared up on the way to Vievis. |
2007/6/2
(Sat)
|
116.88 |
04:40:50 |
24.97 |
700 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Felt sleepy after spending many many hours at a computer. Thought I'd better get my ass out and ride a bit. Rode a boring metric: Pilaite-Kernave-Sirvintos-Maisiagala-Vilnius. Stopped to watch the horse contest after return. Saw 65 other cyclists today.
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| Weather Conditions: Moderate easterly, +15C, overcast. Cyclist's dream! |
2007/6/3
(Sun)
|
134.15 |
05:53:58 |
22.74 |
891 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Sat at a computer most of the morning, rode a slow and relaxing metric after noon. Typical, a bit boring Vievis-Trakai loop, slowly rode by the lakes there, picked some wild poppies and bluebottles for my wife. She loves them. Some Vingio park kilometers to complete the metric. Got home and rode a bit more by the evening. Checked calm Sunday streets downtown. Saw 152 other cyclists today.
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| Weather Conditions: +14C to +17C. Overcast in the morning, moderate easterly. Cleared up and warmed up by the evening. Nice weather for riding a bike. |
2007/6/4
(Mon)
|
52.92 |
02:59:41 |
17.67 |
352 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Quick commute and the post office, then slooooow park ride. The horse contest is over, examined the empty stable. Leaving toward the sea tonight. Saw 105 other cyclists during the day.
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| Weather Conditions: Sunny and warm, +22C or so. Light easterly. Super. |
2007/6/5
(Tue)
|
379.90 |
15:50:00 |
23.99 |
1,110 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: A day off occured on Tuesday. Thought I'd ride to the Baltics and stick my toe into the sea. Thought done. Left at midnight, was in Klaipeda a hairpin before noon. Made 300km+ within 12 hours. This was a bit of a challenge. The shorts start feeling uncomfortable after some 10 hours into the ride. The right shoe let me know about itself after 11 hours or so. Reached the sea OK, slowly rode along the shore. The enthusiasm to ride more melted away right after my but touched a soft and white beach sand and the toe got stuck into the sea waters. Spent the rest of the day cruising by the shore Klaipeda to Butinge, slept for several hours in dunes near Palanga and took an early morning bus home to get to work in time. Enjoyed the trip a lot. The tally counter broke so I quit counting other cyclists. Instead saw a fox and a deer... and countless number of dead squirrels and hedgehogs along the road.
The GPS started acting weird around Klaipeda. I replaced the batteries, but it did not seem to help much. It kept switching off every 10 minutes or so. Most likely, it needs some maintenance.
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| Weather Conditions: Clear and warm. Moonshine after 2AM, there was +16C on the thermometer display near Kaunas at 4AM. Some boring fog (my eyeglasses don't tolerate it) in the morning followed by a hot day +25C or so. |
2007/6/6
(Wed)
|
22.83 |
01:57:29 |
11.66 |
139 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Woke up in dunes near the Baltic sea, streched, ate a piece of meat I was able to get downtown Palanga at 4:30AM and took a bus to Vilnius. Then a bus station to work, then the post office with load and a slow recovery ride home.
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| Weather Conditions: Felt like +29. Sunny and no wind. |
2007/6/7
(Thu)
|
104.43 |
05:14:32 |
19.92 |
704 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Another hot summer day. Commute and the post office. Rode to Trakai, swam in Totoriskes lake and ate a kibinas. Got home after dark.
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| Weather Conditions: +27C, no wind, clear. A bit too hot for me. |
2007/6/8
(Fri)
|
78.68 |
04:42:03 |
16.74 |
339 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Rode to Velniakampis lake after commute. Did not think I would see tons of motorists and piles of trash there. Did not like it much because of running engines, loud music, cus language, etc. Typical Lithuanian relaxation form. Didn't even want to swim. Got home a bit after dark, rode about 6km on sand. The GPS died a few hours before home.
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| Weather Conditions: +28C. Really hot. No wind. |
2007/6/9
(Sat)
|
38.40 |
02:05:52 |
18.31 |
202 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: A bit of a slow evening ride after spending most of the Saturday home. Hundreds of cyclists everywhere. Rode to Vingio Park, downtown Vilnius, some more Vingio Park.
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| Weather Conditions: +27C, maybe less. No wind, no clouds. |
2007/6/10
(Sun)
|
71.94 |
04:02:26 |
17.80 |
379 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: A slow afternoon ride to Trakai, swam in the lake and back. Nothing very much spectacular. Stopped by the poppy field near Lentvaris. They are blooming all over.
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| Weather Conditions: Some +25C degrees, no wind, some clouds. Nice summer weather. |
2007/6/11
(Mon)
|
118.48 |
05:52:49 |
20.15 |
621 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: A lazy Monday metric. Did not have to go to work today, spent most of the morning at a computer, rode to Vingio Park, Valakampiai, Nemencine, Karvys (examined the Northern side of the lake), did not swim, came back by A2, rode to Vingio Park to complete the metric.
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| Weather Conditions: A bit cloudy, some +25C degrees, some rain during the day, light northerly.
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2007/6/12
(Tue)
|
131.49 |
06:19:47 |
20.77 |
853 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Rode a Vievis Trakai ccw metric after commute and the post office. The poppy fields are all blooming red. Wow. Did not swim, felt like cold, just slowly rode around the lakes.
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| Weather Conditions: Sunny and warm, possibly around +27C. Light westerly. |
2007/6/13
(Wed)
|
65.91 |
03:28:30 |
18.97 |
423 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: My 100th commute today. Did the post office with load, road back and forth Vilnius, a bit of Vingio park, met with yellowjacket and traded my old B-17 into some stickers. Some more park and made it home before the rain started.
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| Weather Conditions: Light rain in the morning, a few drops during the day then good freshing rain in the evening. +27C to +16C, light wind. Terribly humid throughout the day. |
2007/6/14
(Thu)
|
87.57 |
04:21:42 |
20.08 |
593 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Seemed like it was going to start raining the whole day, but it did not. A quick commute and the post office with load then slow relaxing Vingio Park ride, some Karoliniskes, lake Salote and the vicinities, did not want to ride further not to get wet. Getting spoiled, eh? Got home, did some computer work and then some more slow park riding later in the evening. Lotsa crazy kid drivers playing stupid games with their automobiles. Scary riding.
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| Weather Conditions: Hot and humid. The temperature in the vicinity of +27C, it did not rain today, basically no wind and rather humid. Feeling good on the saddle, but start sweating immediately once you stop. |
2007/6/15
(Fri)
|
401.86 |
16:23:00 |
24.53 |
2,365 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
Comments: Didn't think the ride was going to turn out into a 400K ride, my first ever. Left home at 5:40, thought I would circle a metric, but since I had a day off, I thought I would ride a little bit further. Stopped near Utena and took a picture of LY1PM HAM radio antenna farm. It happened so that I found myself besides Stelmuze oak in the North East part of Lithuania. Examined the grand Oak (supposed to be around 2,000 years old), saw some other heritage objects and wanted to get into the grocery store to get some mineral water as I started getting thirsty. My GPS receiver showed a geocache nearby, I fed thousands of mosquitoes before I couldn't find the geocache and gave up. (I later ate tons of other mosquitoes). Some park official came to check what I was doing in bushes. We chatted for a while, then I rode to the oak. I found a nice fellow with a home built trike. An interesting part is that the trike could be driven by legs, arms or gas. Smart guy. Pity he has some problems with his legs and he needs some money for the upcoming operation. The store was still closed. Thought I'd ride to Latvia. The border crossing went smoothly, I only needed to show my passport once. The roads there were not what I was expecting. I met another cyclist coming to Lithuania, I chatted with her later when I got back to Lithuania. She was travelling for several days and lost her hex wrench, so I was happy to help. We soon found that our cycling interests are a bit different so I rode toward Visaginas Nuclear Plant. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get close enough due to threatening signs, so I decided to get back. My math showed me I could be close to 400K if I get back to Vilnius by bike instead of taking a train, so that's what I did. The road construction with a lot of Friday traffic near Svencionys took some time to get through. Made it OK, replaced the GPS batteries and rode toward home. I definitely need a different saddle and/or shorts to feel comfortable. Punctured my front tire near Nemencine. Took me about 30 minutes to fix it in the dark. Found I was about 20 kilometers short of 400 after I got to Vilnius, so made a short trip around the city. Not much fun being constantly fingered by drunks. Bought two cans of beer right after hitting the 400, came home and fell asleep immediately.
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| Weather Conditions: +25C during the day, about +12C during the night. No rain, no significant wind. Super. |
2007/6/16
(Sat)
|
15.49 |
01:00:06 |
15.46 |
92 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Was pleasantly surprised to hear my wife took her bicycle and rode to Rokantiskes summer house to visit her parents, so did I late in the afternoon. Had a nice time there. |
| Weather Conditions: +25C or so. Some sun, some rain, some hail, not the best weather to ride a bike. |
2007/6/17
(Sun)
|
69.42 |
03:52:54 |
17.88 |
470 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Spent the day at the summer house in Rokantiskes. I was given an order to bring some ice-cream in the morning so rode by Aukstagiris and saw hundreds of cyclists getting ready for a contest. Then rode a bit with my wife, examined the vicinities. Got home to check the internet late in the afternoon and back to the summer house. Swam in a lake. Nice day. |
| Weather Conditions: +25C, cloudy. No rain. Great day to ride. |
2007/6/18
(Mon)
|
48.07 |
03:30:09 |
13.72 |
282 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/6/19
(Tue)
|
55.26 |
03:10:46 |
17.38 |
361 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/6/20
(Wed)
|
142.49 |
07:50:26 |
18.17 |
870 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Typical commute, some Vingio Park ride. Then rode to Paduksciai Pilkapynas, took the Owl TB out. Both of us visited the Trakai geocache, took us some 15 minutes to locate it. Enjoyed getting home at night. |
| Weather Conditions: Some northerly in the afternoon, but very calm evening. +22C on the average. No rain. What else would a cyclist need. |
2007/6/21
(Thu)
|
44.53 |
02:45:04 |
16.19 |
311 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Typical commute and the post office followed with some slow park ride. |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/6/22
(Fri)
|
87.05 |
05:01:12 |
17.34 |
387 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office. Started raining right after I left. Collected some wild strawberries in Valakupiai then a bit back and forth Vilnius, some Vingio park ride and home. Saw at least 20 other cyclists made not out of sugar and enjoying nice summer rain ride. |
| Weather Conditions: +18C or so. Overcast in the morning, then it rained most of the late afternoon. |
2007/6/23
(Sat)
|
69.86 |
04:50:57 |
14.41 |
527 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Some Rasos celebration in the summerhouse, slowly rode around Rokantiskes. |
| Weather Conditions: Overcast and not really hot, great weather to ride a bike. |
2007/6/24
(Sun)
|
64.08 |
03:35:26 |
17.85 |
515 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Some Antakalnis, Turniskes, downtown and Zirmunai ride. Punctured the front tire three times! Time to replace it. The rainfall caught me at Vingio Park, overwaited it under the shelter. Still no fenders so got home with a wet and sandy back :) |
| Weather Conditions: +20C or so. Some sun, some rain. |
2007/6/25
(Mon)
|
125.05 |
06:34:25 |
19.02 |
772 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: A slow metric including Vingio Park relaxing ride, Trakai and back to Vilnius through Vievis. Swam in Siemetis and Vilnoja lakes. |
| Weather Conditions: Rather nice to ride a bike: +20C with no rain and light wind. Some clouds some sun. Perfect. |
2007/6/26
(Tue)
|
41.84 |
02:31:20 |
16.59 |
342 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Quick commute and the post office with load followed by a slooooow park ride. Checked the poluted Neris river and slowly rode toward home, got caught by a rainshower so decided to swim in Salote lake. Much fun. On a weather like this you only take your shoes and helmet off and jump straight to the water without bothering to take off the jersey, shorts and socks. Saw many other cyclists enjoying the rain ride. |
| Weather Conditions: +18C on average. Light wind. Fantastic prolongued rain shower late in the afternoon. Muchos funos. |
2007/6/27
(Wed)
|
102.85 |
04:56:19 |
20.83 |
781 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Rode to the train station for tickets. Leaving with my wife and two bicycles on July 5. Hope the weather is nice near the Baltics. Then work, the post office with load and some park ride. Looked like it was going to start raining, decided not to go anywhere far from home, so rode to Suderve, stopped at Avizieniai Hillfort with the hope to pick a geocoin from a geocache, but found it was missing. Two fellow geocachers from Colorado already took it and evidently had no access to the internet to log the cache. Got back to Vilnius, it started clearing up. Stopped by Umarai LBS for rear blinkies as my other one died after yesterday's shower ride. Then a bit more park ride and got home early. |
| Weather Conditions: +17C on average, overcast with a moderate westerly. |
2007/6/28
(Thu)
|
35.51 |
02:00:57 |
17.62 |
262 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Commute and the post office with load then downtown army surplus store for some bug repelent, got some other gadgets. Got home, dried the apparel, then visited Algis in Pasilaiciai and back followed by a short trip to IKI for groceries. |
| Weather Conditions: Boring rain most of the afternoon. Rather cool, temperature averaged to +13C, moderate westerly. |
2007/6/29
(Fri)
|
11.52 |
00:34:23 |
20.10 |
68 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Home to the train station |
| Weather Conditions: |
2007/6/30
(Sat)
|
344.59 |
18:55:00 |
18.22 |
990 |
Road: Flat |
Trek 520
Touring |
Bike Friday |
| Comments: Kretinga to Palanga, some geocaching, Sventoji, Palanga Critical Mass, stopped for some beer in Karkle, slept near Priekule, slow day ride to Bubiai through Jurbarkas, overwaited the night rain at a bus booth. |
| Weather Conditions: |
| June Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
|
| 30 |
3,197.77 |
161:09:29 |
20.34 |
17,559 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
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| YTD Rides |
Distance (km) |
Ride Time (hh:mm:ss) |
Avg Speed (km/h) |
Altitude Gain (m) |
Ride Type |
Bike |
Club Affiliation |
|
| 363 |
26,389.22 |
1356:41:37 |
19.91 |
173,095 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
|
