Honey Stingers

Season Miles: 2,022

Tess Corners, 40 miles
15.6 ave. speed
82 ave. cadence
Sun, 80, light wind

A busy Saturday morning had me visiting the Tosa farmers' market first, followed by a trip to Wagfest with our dog Gabby.

Here's picture of Gabby (right) with her pug friend Nellie at the event.

It was a lot of  fun but all the while I kept thinking about making use of the great weather on the bike.

So first shot I had I was on the road by 1:30 with a plan to ride the Tess Corners 40-mile route to the south.

I must say I really like this route. You start out riding my Three Bridges in Franklin, but then loop around from 112th and 116th, St. Martens and then Tess Corners and eventually back onto Sunny Slope heading into New Berlin and the path back to Greenfield Park.

There is pathway...there is parkway...there is road riding...there are some hills...good scenery and hardly any areas with heavy traffic.

I felt good today on the Roubaix. This was a solid ride.

I tested a product out for Jerry at Rainbow Jersey today too. From time to time he will give me something to test in return for my honest opinion and review.

This time it was a bag of wild cherry Honey Stingers. He said since I liked Shot Bloks that I should try these.
My review:
First of all, the bag of them was incredibly easy to open while riding, and that's a big score for me!
These are slightly smaller than Shot Bloks, but the same type of jello-like consistency. 

BAM...the flavor hit me right away. SWEET, but very tasty. I downed half a bag and just a little later put down the other half. I felt they held cramps at bay in the legs just fine.
Based on ease of use I might buy these over the Bloks in the future. They certainly seemed to be just as good.

Over two thousand miles now for the season with today's ride, much less than years past, but not bad. Plenty more riding to do this fall.