Solo ride on Wednesday morning of Memorial Day, had the day off and thought many others would too, expecting little traffic. I headed out Ben Zvi to the 412 and turned right, riding through Rishon Letzion, where there were more cars than expected. It continued as I rode through Nes Ziona and into Rehovot, turning right onto the 410 to head away from downtown and then left onto the 411 to eventually connect to the 40. There were times during this section when I felt that the wind was helping me along, so I was thinking it would work against me on the return ride back via the 44. Not so. Maybe I just got lucky, but the wind helped pretty much the entire way, as it seemed. Starting at mile 23, I averaged about 20 mph or greater through the rest of the ride.
Avg speed = 19.6 mph. Total mileage = 35.4 mi
Total elevation gain = 1090'
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