Now, on the last day, I was staring at my computer and noticed that it was fluctuating between 22mph and 18mph occasionally.  I stopped and moved the sensor closer to the wheel and that nonsense stopped.  I finished the trip with 410 miles indicated on the computer. I rode around in some of the towns we encountered including riding into and out of Red Rock Canyon. Well, almost out. I stopped on the last segment of the hill out because I could not use my tripple that day due to kicking my front derailer and having to fix it on the road and leaving it configured incorrectly to only allow me access to the two bigger gears. I power climbed at 10mph up to that point though!

On day 3, we had a great tail wind out of O'Carche into Hinton and I road at 33mph to 35mph for the segment (out of gears). The previous portions of that day, I also road at 30mph+ on the northerly routes and did well in the cross winds compared to the wedgies and tandems that I passed.

The bike continues to be exciting to ride, and I continue to marvel at the wedgies that will not attack downhills and up hills to take advantage of the potential energies that they create riding to the tops of the hills. I stormed past many people at the bottom of hills at speeds in excess of 40mph (compared to their 10-15mph) and passed several at the tops of hills who where spinning at 5mph when I was cranking at 10mph to keep the wind blowing over me.

I saw many recumbents out on the road and tried to spend some time talking to lots of riders at the fruit and water stops. I met a lot of nice people and we had a lot of good entertainment from the local community groups. If you have not done Free Wheel before, I'd highly suggest that you give it a try.