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DH and i rode 34 miles yesterday, stopped twice at convenience stores just for water and ice in bottles, the water in the bottles goes from icy to just plain hot within about 20 minutes. and they're polar bottles! would get just to the brink of bonk and shovel in hammer gel to get another half hour. it's miserable. but here we get the best bike tans, don't we denise?????
Man do I feel like a wimp! Today was humid and a whopping 88 degrees so I declined to ride. I gotta get a stronger constitution! Of course, I don't think it's too cold to ride when it's 40 out ;) . We are expecting storms for the rest of the week. I really am getting out there to ride tomorrow. I rode across Michigan in late June and have been a slug since then. Shame on me!!!
Hey pink bike... Would you also have an alias and say... live in scottsdale?? :D
I think that bike looks familiar!!!
Is IMFL on your horizon?? are you riding like a big dog and logging some serious miles these days??
And yeah, we do get FIERCE tans out here! Of course some would call us skin cancer suckers.. sigh... But I do like my shade of brown... :o
barb, 40 degrees????????????? are you nuts? i hibernate below 70
Y'all are missing out on some great winter riding! It feels great to talk about it now, when it's so hot. Last winter, the coldest I rode in was 19F with a foot of snow (studded tires). As long as you have the right clothes, it's just plain fun (and the bike paths are completely YOURS!)
But back to the current heat...it's cooled off here, and is less humid than last week. I rode in 100F last Tuesday, but very slowly (commute from work). The pollution was bad, it was a Code Red day, but I tried not to work out too much, just get home. Things are better now, at least for the time-being.
Cooling in the Bay Area now, it's about time! I'm still not likely to bike to work this week because.....the A's have a major series of home games.
Last night I could hardly wiggle my elbows in the train much less fit a bike. High price of gas + home games = very crowded train. :)
Must research either safe route past the crowds at least from work to Fruitvale and or get a bike locker.
speaking of cold. i love riding in the snow. well the snow that just barely covers the road and is packed down and you can cruise quite fast. though when you hit a drift its not so good.
superfun last year was one of the lakes really froze over good and bf and i rode our bikes out on it and did the loop around. super fun. though i fell once when i first got out. who knew ice was so slippery. great core workout!
Oh, I wish we had some snow. But not here. I rode this morning at 5 am and it was only 92! Wow, what a relief. I actually felt good and so did my peanut in my belly. It seems like it is going to be cooler this week. I am very tired of spinning indoors!
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i remember those sad times of when 92 was 'cool'.Quote:
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I did a double take when I read your question Denise, but PinkBike's bike is a trek and Melisa's is something else (I totally forgot! :rolleyes: ).... It is a pretty close color match though...
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