Monday, Sept. 18 --
Dolores to Telluride -- 65 miles
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The stylish bike rack at the Dolores post office
has this quote from Bill Strickland, executive editor of Bicycling magazine:
"The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created. Converting calories
into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon."
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It wasn't long before we got a glimpse of the big mountains.
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A very gradual climb
along the Dolores River
in the San Juan National Forest
made an extremely pleasant morning.
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Click to enlarge the elevation profile.
"Read" this one from right to left
for the way we went.
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The cafe in Rico was closed,
so lunch was just
snacks from the convenience store at the gas station.
The Finnish riders took a break there, too.
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The climb got steeper as we approached Lizard
Head Pass (10,222 feet), but it was the altitude, not the grade, that
had us breathing hard.
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