i wore shorts yesterday!

[caligurl]

i haven't worn just shorts since... oh... probably october? can't really remember.. i'm a weanie with the cold... but it was soooooooooooooo nice yesterday and i got to start my ride early (2ish thanx to jury duty and being excused!) it was sooooooooooooooooooo nice out! i wore shorts (rolled up to start my quest in not getting too many weird tan lines) and a light long sleeve jersey! PERFECT for me!

i'm gonna try the same this evening after work... should be ok (it's 79 now but i can't start riding til 4:30) i do stick my leg warmers and jacket in my handlebar bag cuz i'm a baby about being cold!!!!!!

i think spring has finally sprung!

[Adventure Girl]

Yeah!! The weather gods are being nice!

The good news is that it's 74 degrees and sunny! :)

The bad news is that I'm sitting at my desk working. :mad:

But there's more good news! I'm doing a group night ride tonight and it should be in the 60's :D

I love California. And I love, love, love spring!!!

[bikerchick68]

it's finally getting nice out again huh? I rode 38 miles Sunday... all climbing (last training ride before Solvang...) and wore shorts for the first time in a while too... it was gorgeous until I got to the top of the biggest climb... wind picked up, got cool and started sprinkling :eek: BUT as I raced outta there on the downhill it cleared up and got warm again... WHEW!

Glad you got to enjoy some sunshine!!! 'Bout time huh?

[Surlygirl]

Oh Yeah, Oh Yeah, well I'm up to my you know what in snow again tonight and its freezing, so there.

I'm better now. (rant done)

[MomOnBike]

Far from shorts today. I wore a pair of tights under my bike pants. But only because it was snowing lightly. Very lightly.

Nice ride, though, I had the trail to myself. I'm actually dreading the hot, sticky, yucky days of summer when not only am I sweating buckets, but I have to share my bike path. :mad:

[Susan126]

Me too me too . . . hubby and I went on a group ride Sunday and it was warm and sunny and shorts shorts shorts on all 13 riders! Wow I love spring!

:D

[Irulan]

me three... but around here that means drought this summer. We are having the driest winter in about 100 years.

Not good for the big picture.

formica

[sarahfixit]

It was 70 here yesterday. It rocked to have the hangars all open to daylight and not need coats. I went for a nice long ride after work then went home and got the shorts and rollerbladed around town in a t shirt and short shorts after dinner till like 9pm.
Today was snow and 45mph blizzard winds. 3 inches, drifitng all over like a dust bowl. :mad:

[Susan126]

Yes, beautiful dry spring here but we need the rain/snow! I'm worried that one of my favorite riding spots might be closed this summer . . . Devil's Gulch near Cashmere! NOOOOOOOO Hubby and riding friends of ours, we've all been talking about an early spring trip (this month or next) to do a Devil's Gulch weekend, just in case. I want to try out my new fuel EX7 WSD trek on that trail!

Also, Mount Saint Helens is spewing again. Lost Plains of Abraham and Ape Canyon . . . great epic rides :(

[cyclingnewbie]

The west coast contigent is trying to torture those of us in more northerly climates! Ohio had snow and high winds and it's only 14 degrees here this morning. But I'm still in the shopping mode for a new bike, so I probably wouldn't be out right now, even if it was nice. (Who wants to ride the old bike, when there is a new one in sight??) And I agree with MomOnBike, I dread the onset of heat. Anything over 72 degrees is too hot for me, so my envy for the west coasters is limited. But I think we all share the same spring fever virus, no matter where we live! :D

[Susan126]

She sure is moody this spring! I feel for you guys back east. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh. My folks, one sis, one brother still live there and my other sis lives in Iowa. So I know how tough your winter/spring is. I hear it every weekend when I phone one of them. I'm also a little afraid that with all this wonderful weather we may have to "pay back" this summer. Maybe with a cool wet summer? But I take each day as it comes and try not to worry too much.

So cyclingnewbie, which bikes are you looking at? See anything that you really like?

And sweating? I love it. Bring on the heat! LOL :cool:

[cyclingnewbie]

So far, I've looked at Trek, Giant and Cannondale. This Saturday I'm looking at, at least, Bianchi and the Trek again. At this point my best choices are the Trek 1200 or a Cannondale something or other, but it's too soon to narrow it down to a decision. I am particularly anxious to look at the Bianchi because of their reputation as having a slightly shorter top tube on their frames. I need a big frame for my legs, which makes the top tube too long on many of the ones I've tried so far. But I really liked the Trek.

[caligurl]

awwwww i didn't post to torture those of you in the northeast/north, etc! :( i was just so excited that i finally wore shorts and the nice (finally) weater!

i think irulan will have her droughts cuz we, here in cali, got all the rain they should get! lol!

[SadieKate]

me three... but around here that means drought this summer. We are having the driest winter in about 100 years.

Not good for the big picture.

formica

Geez, the drought, then the volcano, what next? While noCal hasn't gotten the deluge that soCal has, I still worry when we get a early, warm spell. I immediately start worrying about fires. If we don't get the rain now, it ain't never going to come.

[cruziegirl]

The few times I have lived outside of California I have found it absolute torture to be sitting up to my bum in snow and hearing people tell me how warm and lovely it is in LA/SF/SD or wherever in CA. I remember one year I was sitting freezing it off in Connecticut and after talking to a friend telling me it was sunny and 70 in the Bay Area I got off the phone and burst into tears! A tad of an extreme reaction, I admit, but gads, I was sure tired of the damned snow! And the Cabin Fever was unbearable! When I was in Tucson, AZ on business I met a woman from Minnesota who was an avid mountain-biker. She said that during the winter she used tires that had spikes on them :eek: Goodgriefamighty. How you ladies put up with snow, ice, etc. and stay in such good sprits is amazing.

[nuthatch]

What good spirits? I'm cranky, jealous, flabby and ready for spring!!! :mad: No, really, you California girls give me hope!

[LBTC]

quite a few of the riding guys around here used spikes all winter. one commutes to work, the others all ride for fun. they rode trails that were covered in ice and packed with snow. :eek: Me, I have an aversion to landing on ice. I suspect I'd break too easily! ha! there were enough factors to keep me off the trails all winter, but now the frost is barfing out on them and they're all muddy and icy....so....in the interest of not damaging the trails, we wait a few more weeks. it will be so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet when we get out there finally!! Anyone have an idea how long it'll take me to get over strep throat so I can ride (and kick) hard again???

oh, and our days have been reaching 17 celcius. plenty warm enough for riding. shame about the bacteria.... :(

Namaste,
~T~

[cyclingnewbie]

We have lots of riders in Ohio that ride all winter too. I don't like to ride in the rain, let alone in snow and ice. I don't have any desire to fall off my bike because I was trying to ride on ice! I stick with my trainer until it gets too cold in the garage, start again when it warms up a bit, and gain weight until spring. And then, in the summer, I complain bitterly about it being too hot. I really am very hard to please!! At least I don't have volcanoes, floods and mud slides to contend with too. :eek:

[cruziegirl]

quite a few of the riding guys around here used spikes all winter. one commutes to work, the others all ride for fun. they rode trails that were covered in ice and packed with snow. :eek: Me, I have an aversion to landing on ice. I suspect I'd break too easily! ha! there were enough factors to keep me off the trails all winter, but now the frost is barfing out on them and they're all muddy and icy....so....in the interest of not damaging the trails, we wait a few more weeks. it will be so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet when we get out there finally!! Anyone have an idea how long it'll take me to get over strep throat so I can ride (and kick) hard again???

oh, and our days have been reaching 17 celcius. plenty warm enough for riding. shame about the bacteria.... :(

Namaste,
~T~
Not to sound all Death, Gloom and Destruction but strep throat can be tricky so be sure to give yourself plenty of time to fully recover. Strep infections are really quite nasty and can weaken your resistance to other even nastier things like rheumatic fever. So take it slow and listen to your body.

[LBTC]

Strep infections are really quite nasty ... So take it slow and listen to your body.

but I don't wanna! heh. In theory this all makes sense. just having some trouble with the practicality of it. :mad:

I guess I can try kickboxing again on Monday? yeesh I sure hope so!! I can't imagine how I'll feel and look if I miss more time than that! :eek:

thanks for the reminder, cruziegirl. I'll try to be good...

Namaste,
~T~

[annie]

What are shorts??? :confused: :o
The high temp here today was 28 F. But at least we don't have snow...yet...... Might get a bit tonight. I concede the worst conditions to my sister riders on the east coast and those up north. And my heartfelt empathy goes out to you. It is SO difficult to be enthused on an indoor bike after you've had a taste of outside............

annie

[massbikebabe]

What are shorts??? Today when I took my kids to school after a 2 hour delay because of an ADDITIONAL 5 inches of snow, it was -1 at the bank I drive by... The only shorts I am wearing these days are boxers over my long johns...not to mention the two pairs of socks and the gore-tex parka, and boots I had on. When I came home to shovel the winds were so strong I was getting blown all over the yard...so I quit, went in the house, made some coffee and read bike magazines all day while I watched my neighbors slide down the hill in their cars. The only positive thing I did was help my son prepare a mailing for the M.S. ride in June...we will go if it don't SNOW :mad:


karen
we all have our breaking points

[massbikebabe]

And I just heard the gleefull weatherman say that it was colder here than it was in Alaska, AND so far we have gotten 99 inches of snow...where is spazz
and her snowballs when I need her!!!!!

karen

[bikerchick68]

OMG! How do you ladies ride in SNOW??? Man, I think I'd take up a different hobby... I'm way to much of a wuss to ride when it's that cold out! Impressive for sure...

we actually got so much rain here, and so quickly, that they have officially ENDED our 7 yr drought... and about 30-40 homes have slid off hills! Someday we will learn to respect mother nature and NOT build on cliffs, hills and other places that seem to tick her off!

I'll have my fingers crossed for a warm spring for all you northerners and easterners... may you be riding in shorts soon! (We'll be collpasing from heat exhaustion about that time...)

Happy Riding!

[caligurl]

i'm with bikerchick on that one.. i will NOT ride in the snow.. i grew up in NY... and i didn't ski... rarely went ice skating.. only occasionally did the snowmobiling thing... i'm a WEENIE!

i whine and complain when it's in the 50's here.. and flat refuse to ride in the 40's (and in the 50's i'll bet i'm wearing the same gear as you gals that are riding in the 20's... 30's... or colder... and i STILL get cold!

i thought a recent article in bicycling mag showed the different areas/climates ideas of cold perfectly.... there was the one lady from cali quoted as saying about the same as me.. that below 50 is TOO COLD to ride!

oh.. and and update on our weather.. after that first day with shorts and LONG sleeves.. it got even warmer and i switched to my shimmels! it's been getting in the 90's here.. but that is supposed to change.. cooler (relatively speaking) this weekend and even one day next week is showing "only" 69 for the high! WEIRD weather!