43-Mile Ride through Battlefield, Republic and Billings

Saturday, we rode from Golden and Weaver, on the SW side of Springfield, out through Battlefield to Republic and picked up the Pancake Ride loop route out through Billings and back for a ride of about 43 miles.

I put around 130 miles on the new bike over the first eight days of ownership. Not too bad, really. We're making a push to up our mileage a bunch over the next three weeks before the MS150: Ozarks Ride. I've been riding to work, errands, etc. and trying to get as many long rides in a possible.