Cycling-name provinces/states, countries

[Aggie_Ama]

No one has Oklahoma on their list yet! <sigh> Me thinks you lovely ladies need to visit Tulsa!

Tulsa Tough - 2009... think about it!!

I have been trying to get my husband to agree to Oklahoma and Louisiana to knock out all the states surrounding Texas. I might try to convince him to do Tulsa Tough, he will like the name.

[Tuckervill]

My list is short, too, but varied.

New Mexico
Vermont
Maine
Oregon
Arkansas (of course)
Oklahoma
Colorado

Combinations of mountain and road.

Gonna add Delaware and North Carolina next month

Karen

[shootingstar]

Include the areas where you fiddled around on your bike and commute around too. You know/knew the area by bike, but many others on TE forum do not know the areas where you biked regularily.

ie. As a child, I biked in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. That's southern Ontario where I grew up. Then in my mid-30's I returned to that area by bike on a 50 km. ride from Guelph...and toured around by bike and visited a good friend. It's like Lancaster, Pennsylvania --it's Mennonite-Amish-German in its roots and history.

Did you know that??? Probably not. But it's an area where I cycled, I know well (not all of it by bike) and it counts on my list of regions where I've cycled.

I recommend as a very interesting area to cycle out from Toronto, 100 kms. 1 way.



Dont' apologize for lack of travel on bike. Good grief, we all have covered way more distance on bike than many other women.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Okay then... I've ridden mostly in Oklahoma, but I guess we can also count the Wichita Falls-Burkburnett area in TX (HHH 1996, 1997, 2006). LOL
Oh geez, I nearly forgot! Maui! (Haleakala Crater - 1993).

FreeWheel 1998 - Denison,TX to Coffeville, KS (a week I'll never forget)

I've been doing a few organized rides each of the years I've ridden: DAM JAM (great ride!!!), Flower Power, Tour De Tulsa, Tulsa Tough..... The first two are out-of-towners. FUN too..

I'd like to ride in Italy, Spain, and/or France someday. NewZealand too, for that matter!

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

I have been trying to get my husband to agree to Oklahoma and Louisiana to knock out all the states surrounding Texas. I might try to convince him to do Tulsa Tough, he will like the name.

You guys would have a blast, I guarantee it. If he doesn't race, then you'll have to sign up for BOTH Tulsa Tough ride days to get the full taste of NW Oklahoma. This event has been getting bigger and better (but not too big for its britches - not yet) each year since it started in 2006. I don't drink, but the party atmosphere is infectious. Pro cyclists everywhere, and lots of people to meet. Good times.

[Aggie_Ama]

You guys would have a blast, I guarantee it. If he doesn't race, then you'll have to sign up for BOTH Tulsa Tough ride days to get the full taste of NW Oklahoma. This event has been getting bigger and better (but not too big for its britches - not yet) each year since it started in 2006. I don't drink, but the party atmosphere is infectious. Pro cyclists everywhere, and lots of people to meet. Good times.

My husband does race but not competitively. It is more he sees one and goes for it. His job and his dedication to riding with slow-mo me keeps him from being a serious contender.

[sfa]

Lordy, my list of areas I've cycled in the U.S. is painfully short--just Maryland and a bit of North Carolina when I lived there.

But I've got a respectable list from Europe:
England (as far south as Dover, west to Bristol, north to Durham, east to Norfolk)
Belgium
Holland
Germany (along the Rhine)
France (only where the Rhine touches; pretty much just Strasbourg, which is practically Germany)
Switzerland and Austria (I was going by train mostly through these countries, but used my bike to get around towns)
Italy (Bolzano to Venice, down the coast, over the mountains to Florence and then down to Rome)

Sarah