All too often, putting on the miles is just about that — getting the ride done.
I’m guilty of that. I’ve generally got a finite amount of time to get in a determinate number of miles. I ride. I roll. I’m done. It’s on to the next thing. But there’s a local roadway I try to allot more time and purposely stop: The Kanc.
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