The big ride Notes from a small island What São Miguel ...

Ponta Delgada, in the village of Relva, right in the middle of some ‘Azorian flat’. It was the main road on this part of the island, the EN1-1A, a 2.5-mile stretch that averaged 2% until a right turn up towards the summit of the Lagoa Azul crater near Sete Cidades. I was on a carbon BH bike (rented locally, so already ................
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