January Bike Rides :)

[Catrin]

January 12, 60 degrees and on the bike! Weeeeeeeeeee I felt like a little kid playing on her bike :) My wireless sensor was loose and kept acting up on me so I've no idea how far I rode nor how fast. That is fine - it was my first bike ride in a month and it felt great! I did limit it to 45 minutes since I've not been riding or spinning regularly and didn't want to tweak anything. My shoulder is complaining....well it can complain away! It was fun and who knows when it will be this nice again?

Now I get to clean my bike as it is covered with grit and sand and salt from the recent storms but this is NOT a complaint :)

[Fredwina]

I did about 30 minutes for the same reason. Plus I ran out of plowed path:

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[Swan]

Ahh, gosh, I envy you. Today is the perfect day for bicycling -- nice breeze, sheet clouds, not too cold nor too hot... Glad the both of you had fun! Fredwina, I'd not have braved an unplowed path either... yowza!

[Crankin]

It's warm enough (has been for quite a few days), but drizzling, with quite intense fog, from all of the snow melt. Hoping to get outside tomorrow, and I don't care how short of a ride it is. I haven't been on my Guru since mid November as I kept saying, "this will be the last ride on the Kuota, it's going on the trainer." Well, I had 5-6 "last rides," through the first week of December. I did my yoga-spin dvd today (hard, hard, hard), so whatever happens outside tomorrow will just be FUN.

[tealtreak]

We had unseasonably warm weather today too (: Awesome road ride and sneaking in a trail outing tomorrow (:

[Becky]

It was warm here too...about 55 at its warmest. Our trails haven't been rideable for some time because it's been so warm and there's been no real freeze, even at night, so we hit the road instead. ~33 miles at speeds that I'm normally accustomed to riding at the end of the season, not the off-season! I feel good :)

[Giulianna23]

So Last weekend I went to The Polar Bear Pedal II ride (10 miles recreational ride downtown Indy) with my boys, nephew and a couple of friends. It was in the low 20 degrees if I am not mistaken.

Today like many other bicycling lovers, we took advantage of the weather and in the afternoon. Went downtown with the family and rode around the city for a little over 2 hours at a leisure pace of course.

I also did my Saturday indoor ride this morning for 1:30 hours

BTW I got a road bike for my youngest son a 21 speed triple crank Giant Kronos Aluminum with downtube shifters. It was coverted into a Hybrid but the previous owner provided me with the drop bar and brake levers . So they will get install as soon as possible. Here are some pics of both rides.

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[emily_in_nc]

Did our usual Sunday morning loop on the bumpy unpaved road north of us, around 12 miles total. There was a stiff easterly breeze at about 15-20 mph. Lovely when we were heading west towards the lagoon, but felt like climbing up a long, long mountain on the way back east towards the sea. Lots of out of the saddle peddling required on the single-speed cruiser bike. Exhausting but an excellent workout and way to start the day! Temp in upper 70s, humid.

[Crankin]

I wimped out.
It's warm enough, but damp, roads are wet still, and very cloudy. I wish it were 45 degrees and sunny. I can't seem to get my motivation up for getting dressed for a coolish, damp ride.
Lots of ill mannered cyclists out when I went to the grocery store this morning. One guy went around the left side of my car while I was stopping at the stop sign at Strawberry Hill and Pope Rd. :eek:. There were also 4-5 cyclists pulling up on my right, and I wasn't sure what any of them were going to do. The guy on the left sort of went straight across the intersection on the wrong side of the road, but pulled up on the corner, instead of making a left properly. I guess people are crazed by being able to ride outside in January, but still.

[Trek-chick]

We had 60 degree temps. on Jan 12th as well. What a great day for the first ride of the year...and on my new road bike too :)

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[Chile Pepper]

It's summer here! I've been riding three times a week. Did a 50 km flat ride yesterday and am planning something hilly for tomorrow morning.

[Fredwina]

I double it to a entire hour. Temps in the 30's and not too bad:
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[shootingstar]

This afternoon was overcast, with -15 degrees C windchill. Headwind @ 25 km/hr. or so but flying back home. Only 12 km. of cycling. Hauled back a baguette, 2 lovely cheeses and cheese-potato perogis, home. Most likely will snow this evening again.

[Catrin]

Great picture Shootingstar! It was warm here today, but WINDY...too windy for me. So I went to the gym and focused on doing my correctives/mobility exercises and then deadlifts and leg presses. Thought about putting some time on the treadmill but they are having electrical problem with a good number of them for some reason. Tomorrow my bike goes on the trainer whether it likes it or not, and it WILL get used :)

[Fredwina]

and youtube as well:
http://youtu.be/K1hjBfFH8CA

[goldfinch]

Raim-Wilson trail in Clearwater, Florida:

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[rubysoho]

17.3 miles today. Around 50 degrees, not too much breeze. It was lovely.

[emily_in_nc]

Love the photos, goldfinch!

DH and I did a 16-mile ride on our beach cruisers to the south end of Ambergris Caye this morning. Temp around 70-72 (chilly for here!), mixed sun and clouds, a bit of breeze but nothing like the howling winds we were fighting a few days ago. Only negative is the bumpy roads that really wear you out -- we were ready to get off the bikes when we got home!

[Becky]

DH and I did about 10 miles of singletrack with friends today. It was cold (28 at the end of the ride), but it was a great ride. I wore my Gore Phantom jacket, Amfib windproof tights, and winter gloves and boots, and was perfectly dressed. I'm not sure what I'm going to wear when it gets colder. The best part is that I rode my new mountain bike today! It performed great. I need to make some small adjustments to the cockpit, but overall, I'm very happy.

[azfiddle]

The brutal cold snap is over- days back in the 70's! I rode 19 miles after work on Friday, about 32 on Saturday, including a skills clinic with the owner of a local bike shop that is working with our team, 46 miles on Sunday, including a climb a little way up Mt. Lemmon and the Ride On Tucson event and today I rode to work to grade papers but I took the long route- and ended up with 35 miles round trip instead of 20. This is the perfect time to ride in the desert! No waking up at the crack of dawn and sweating- just beautiful!

[kacie tri-ing]

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I got to go down to South Florida and ride with Pedal Wrench through the Everglades! It was fantastic!

Training for 2 person RAAM is tough, BUT, sometimes it is really great. Like drinking Key Lime Milkshakes in the sun with great friends during a 100 mile ride...


Unfortunately, the weather is going to be cold in atlanta this weekend. No milkshakes for my rides this weekend!