Dec 31st rides...

[crazycanuck]

I forgot i'm in a diff time zone...:D :cool:


Decided it was time to get back into the swing of things(6 days of no riding... ) and do some k's.

Went off & away on a 40km ride but soon realized it was heating up very quickly. Good thing I remembered sunscreen. My eyes were starting to hurt (even with sunnies on) and my left foot was bugging me but i kept mozying. I made sure i kept hydrated.

Nice day for a ride however I noticed there are no trees along the bike path...making it freakin hot & the only shade are the cycle underpasses...So I'm def going to ensure i head out earlier next time...nothing like biking in 34c, not a cloud in the sky & a smidgen breeze to cool me down..all at 10am..

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[Thistle]

speaking of riding in the summer ... does anyone have a remedy for panda eyes? i have massive white (normal colour of my pale skin) "eyes" (from wearing sunnies) and the rest of my face has actually got some semblance of a brown (ok, more yellow-ish - i really dont tan :p ) hue.

it's starting to become kinda noticeable :o any suggestions other than foundation? i rarely wear makeup but am thinking i might... cos i look like a dork :p

[Thistle]

oh and happy new year to you all - we are just stepping into new year's eve :D about to head out for dinner and a movie.... and maybe i'll stay awake til midnight :D

[Lifesgreat]

38 degrees F, a tiny wind, sunshine, dh and others made for a nice end of year 16 mile ride. I got a Buff (Terry "ride like a girl") for Christmas and I can tell you they are worth the $. I used it as a neck gaiter/face cover. Dh used his flame covered one as a beanie under his helmet. I haven't been out on my bike since it was warm, so it felt great to be out, even if it was amongst traffic.

Happy New Year!

[HillSlugger]

40 degrees and light winds. Did 20 miles solo. I've put more than 900 miles on the new bike since September 3. Unfortunately, 1000 miles before year-end was not possible (maybe if I hadn't started taking time away from riding to start running...)

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I rode 21 miles, 33degreesF, nice and sunny with little wind...good biking weather!! :p
Had plenty of warm layerts on and was fine.
My back wheel broke a spoke though, so now I'll have to take it in for repairs again. The LBS guy had removed that wheel and true-d it a few weeks ago, will have to be done again and spoke replaced. :(
Naturally these things ALWAYS happen in the middle of holiday weekends....:mad:
No snow yet here at all- just occasional flakes in the air but nothing on the ground. Looks like we'll be doing at least a little more biking right into January...how weird is THAT?

[Triskeliongirl]

Great last club ride of the year. Cold for us, about 40 at the ride start, but sunny and no wind so it felt great. I love when there is that crispness in the air but sun shining. Really pretty out here in the texas hill country. Still loving my new travel bike. Thinking more about why my heavier steel bike has more 'snap' than my lighter ti one, I am starting to supect that the bottom bracket needs service. Lisa, if you really wanna ride before your wheel is fixed, borrow the wheel from your husband's bike, although obviously you won't be able to ride together. Someday you may wanna get an extra wheelset (try ebay). I have several, both racing and touring, makes it convenient to customize the wheel/tire for the task at hand without having to change tires all the time. Also helps when a wheel needs service. Have a great New Years Eve everyone! At least we earned our treats. Can't drink too much cuz we have our all city New Years Ride tomorrow that our club sponsors annually at 10am.........

[Crankin]

My ride today was a hike... went with friends on the trails we did our mtb ride on last Wednesday. It was still mostly snow covered and a bit icy. Not enough snow for snow shoes, though. A guy passed us on a mtb, on a big climb, but I saw him dismount and walk up most of it (had me worried that someone could climb up that in ice and snow). It was gorgeous out, sunny, about 35. We did about 5 miles.
It's supposed to rain tomorrow and be in the high forties all week. I see a road ride definitely on Thursday after work.
Happy New Year!

[7rider]

Got out for 16.5 miles today, solo, for 15.4 mph average (16.7 if I "ignore" the warm up and cool down through the neighborhood - so, I think I will!). Gives me a grand total of 2,210 miles for 2006 - a personal best! I just did my simple "Out to (Route) 108 and back" route - mainly flat, but a slight rise on the way out, so it is slightly downhill the way home. :cool: Alas, when I turned around, BAM! Headwind. Yuck. Sort of negated the bene of the slight downhill. So much for flying home.
Oh, a woman in a car pulled up along side me to tell me she was lost and to ask for directions. And she asked just as I was about to start climing the only small hill on the route! "Uhhhh...Can't you see I'm a bit busy right now?" I wanted to say. But I didn't. With a grunt and a thumb jerk over my shoulder, I indicated that where she wanted to go was in the other direction. Sigh.
Neck/back/shoulder is talking to me. It's saying "Not enough traction!" Got to do that before we head out to a friend's New Year's Open House - Raspberry Cream Cheese Brownies chillin' in the fridge as I write this.

[makbike]

Rain, Rain Go Away! I had hoped to get in one last ride today given it was 65F outside albeit under very gray clouds. However, the rain quickly moved in and I gave up on the idea of an outdoor ride and instead put my bike back on the trainer and cranked out 15.55 miles. I watched the Detroit Lions actually win a game, read the first couple of chapters in my new Rita Mae Brown book, The Hounds and The Fury and watched a program on the Indianapolis Childrens Chorus on KET. I needed only .30 miles to break 5,900 miles for the year and so I pedaled and pedaled and pedaled. I ended the year with 5,915.25 miles and I'm quite proud for I had decided to shoot for 5,000 miles a year ago.

[suzieqtwa]

28 degrees burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ,but I went out for 31 miles. I felt so tired the whole time. I think it was just a bit too cold for me. My legs were getting tired ,but I just kept going. It was sunny ,so that was nice.
I'm making dinner for tonight....crab puffs ,and Champagne.
The RAMS played real well today:D ....Now ,Im just going to sit back ,and watch Football all day.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Yeah Suzie, that's what happened to me the other day- I seemed to hit my limit for hours spent in the cold- and I lost steam just trying to keep from freezing.
Today was different- nicer. We all have our cold limits! But good for YOU, out there in such conditions!! :)

[jobob]

About 50 out and cloudy. Lee and I went for our usual lunch ride, along the Alameda Creek Trail and up Mission Blvd. to Mission Coffee in Fremont. We had the roasted garlic tomato soup and split a turkey pannini. Good stuff. Then back home. About 25 miles RT.

It was a good year.

[Brandi]

about 55 and cloudy. Alot f people on my route today I was surprised. I just powered through my ride and came home! Uneventful really just nice to get out.

[mimitabby]

this morning we got up and rode 5 miles in the blistering cold at 730am here in seaside oregon. despite the fact that i was double layered and wore a balaclava, i was still cold. my hands got sore cold wearing heavy double gloves.

at 930 we went back out with the bike club and rode from Seaside to Cannon beach and back, with a killer hill in between the two beach towns. iT was enough warmer that i did fine. I rode with the bike club and discovered that i am the slowest on the flats, nearly the slowest on descents, but i hold my own on the up hills.

I rode 27 miles total, and am reALLY glad we are done riding now. when i get home tomorrow i will share lots of nice photos this is a beautiful place.

[KayTee]

Today was a little chillier and windier in central/eastern VA, but I still feel guilty about how much warmer it's been here than where so many of you are with rain and ice. Very little sun, though. We did 51 hilly miles northwest of Richmond (Rockville to Montpelier and back, for those of you who know the area). It was a tough day but to "recover" on the way home, we stopped by a bike friend's NY Eve open house and pigged out on end-of-year goodies. Looks like tomorrow's annual New Year's Day ride will be rained out, though. Maybe it'll give me time to figure out how many miles I actually rode this year!

P.S. I second Lifesgreat's endorsement of the Buff. I have mild asthma and have found that if I pull a Buff up over my mouth and nose to warm the air I take in, I don't have as much problem breathing. Keeps me warm but I can still breathe OK through the fabric.

[Aggie_Ama]

DH and I took my new Cannondale Synapse out for a spin today. We had set out to do about 50, but that didn't work out. It was 55 degrees, but there was a 16 mph WNW headwind. :eek: Sometimes the wind would gust to 30 mph, it wasn't fun. We decided to do a route that was shorter and more manageable in the wind. I haven't been out on the road much lately and I could tell. My poor knees were swelling from the cold air and lack of exercise lately.

The new bike rides like a dream. The Shimano 105 is so much smoother than the Shimano Sora I had been riding. I can only imagine what my DH's Dura Ace is like. The carbon bike made the road much friendly. I also realized the saddle we put on there was the perfect fit. :D :D Today's ride was 30.80 miles.

Overall 2006 was a milestone year for me:
Total miles: 2,554.67
Average Speed: 16.55

*Note: My original goal was 3,000, but I spent much of the late summer/fall worrying about my DH's health. I am pleased to have hit 2,500.

[Fredwina]

I did about 60 miles today I was in the 50's and sunny. Tried to take it easy as I'm doing a metric to the rose bowl Parade tomorrow, and I expect it's going to be pedal to metal from the get -go. I went down To Baldwin Park and back up.
Mileage for the Year 6,701 :cool: Almost went out did another 12 so i could pass bike Goddess for #5 on the TE Bike Journal list. Still not bad, considering I sat out 2 months with a broken shoulder.

[kelownagirl]

I did it! Went for my last outdoor ride for 2006. Haven't been on the bike outside since Nov. 9th so made myself go today and wouldn't you know it, it turned out to be my 100th ride on bikejournal - I hadn't even noticed!

We did 10.5 km, it was about 27 degrees F, and the roads were more or less dry but the bike lane was snow and ice so it was a bit scary. Took the mtbike to be on the safe side.

My goal for 2006 was originally 500km.

I did 2775 km in total (on 3 bikes, my old bike, my mtbike, and my road bike)
100 rides.
Avg speed 21.8 kmh overall (early avg was 16-20, later avg was 24-27)
Max speed 63 kmh
Total hours 132:38

I am happy with my accomplishments this year!:D :D

[im4smiley]

I did two rides today so that I could make my milage goal....I did one this morning, it was about 20 degrees, tried out my new booties and my headgator and well I wore regular winter gloves not cycle gloves but I was to do 18 miles without freezing. :) then I went out with the group in the afternoon when it was a little warmer high 30's I think and I did another 27 miles. In my 1st full year of cycling I have done 3503 miles. I am happy :D

[maillotpois]

I rode a horse. I expect that doesn't count... :cool:

Happy new year everyone!

[Veronica]

Mountain biked - nothing like a 1,000 foot gain in less than three miles to get your heart rate up. :p

V.

[Popoki_Nui]

Chilly (8C/45F)and overcast again, but no rain (to start). Managed 28km and BONK...just ran out of legs halfway through my ride and 28km from home. :mad: I thought I had everything right...bike, food, clothing, but I guess itwas just one of those days. Slogged the last 28km into a cold headwind with spitting rain, but managed a total of 56km for the last ride of the year.

Wishing you all the best for 2007,

~Sherry.

[aka_kim]

Yesterday I realized that I needed only 60 more miles to have 4000 for the year, so today I rode 62.75 miles. Mid-fifties, some clouds, some sun. From home, up the easy side of Pig Farm, around the Bears, then up the hard side of Pig Farm and back home.

[Velobambina]

Logged 40 miles, starting just before sunrise. It was cloudy and relatively mild (40 degrees or so). No fog, unlike Saturday's pea soup.

[bcipam]

Last month I sold my old/new mountain bike to this young lady. She called and asked that I take her on a ride as she is a newbie. We did one of my favorites - something easy and frankly since I'm so out of shape right now, something I could do. Sadly she had no problems with the ride and had to wait for me to catch up (she is 25 years younger than me and has been healthy). I finally felt alittle better as on the last hill, which was longer than the rest, I smoked her. Thankfully experience won out over youth for once.

The weather in So Cal has been so dreamy lately - sunny - cool (about 55 - 60 degrees) and perfect for mountain biking! Can't wait to get out and do a ride today!

[alpinerabbit]

Went out in 12°C sunny afternoon weather until past sunset, on the shady side of our favorite hill it got rather cold. I got competitive on the last hill of the year.

In the cold weather, I did not feel thirsty, must have had no more than 2-3 sips in 2 hours. bad. I drank 2 liters, waking up a couple times after I crashed into bed at 9 pm on new years eve.

Today I signed up for my first triathlon :eek:

[IFjane]

Last ride of the year! SO and I went out from our house for 25 hilly miles (there is no such thing as flat miles in these parts). Cloudy, humid & 47 degrees. I logged a total of 2220 miles this year. Not great, but better than I thought I would finish with.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

...I drank 2 liters, waking up a couple times after I crashed into bed at 9 pm on new years eve.

Two liters of what?? :eek:

[alpinerabbit]

Hee hee, water with orange syrup. Not what you expected? :p

[mimitabby]

Last month I sold my old/new mountain bike to this young lady. She called and asked that I take her on a ride as she is a newbie. We did one of my favorites - something easy and frankly since I'm so out of shape right now, something I could do. Sadly she had no problems with the ride and had to wait for me to catch up (she is 25 years younger than me and has been healthy). I finally felt alittle better as on the last hill, which was longer than the rest, I smoked her. Thankfully experience won out over youth for once.

The weather in So Cal has been so dreamy lately - sunny - cool (about 55 - 60 degrees) and perfect for mountain biking! Can't wait to get out and do a ride today!

what's the old saying? "Old age and treachery will triumph over youth" :D