August 19 Ride Reports

Way to go Brandy and Tprevost!

I planned to do a ride with Different Spokes, sounded like an easy ride out of Dublin BART so fit my schedule. Spazzdog and her friend Kate (who hopefully will be on TE soon) were there. Kate and I were on the same train and car headed out, we both called the S'dog.

On the way out of the car it was a classic "are you going to..." "yeah, I'm meeting a friend ..." "yeah me too" we both see and wave at Spazzdog.... :D

My road bike front tire was not holding air so decisions decisions, I could stay and change the tire, would probably be late and no spare. I took the commuter.

I figured it's the Iron Horse Trail if I fall waaay behind the road bikes how lost could I get?

Turns out a lot of newbie riders, some without water bottles, some low tires (Kate introduced a rider to the wonders of the portable bike pump), no bike shorts wearing sweats....but nice group over all.

I must say I wasn't overly impressed with their safety overall but don't want to turn this thread into a rant.

I had no trouble keeping up with the mostly menfolk with the commuter. There was a bridge with a sudden bump and S'dogs water bottle few off. I saw it fly, turned and stopped to get it. Then had to sprint for a bit to catch up.

At Concord Kate, Spazzdog and I decided to head for BART and back home, the rest turned around, loop back and stop for lunch and shop I think.

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Originally Posted by Trek420

Way to go Brandy and Tprevost!

I planned to do a ride with Different Spokes,

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Thanks Trek! There's a Different Spokes up there too? I was recently reading about the group down here in So Cal.

My ride report is late since I had to work today and I'm feeling pretty beat-up, but I also did the Cool Breeze yesterday. I'm really happy I did it, but it was a tough ride for me. I'm very slow on the hills and not much faster on the flats, but it was a fun ride. I rode with Tracy, Pam and Wayne and we had a great time!

My knee started complaining at around mile 40, but some ibuprofen helped. After the lunch stop at mile 55, I put my computer on the time display so I couldn't see the miles tick off. I didn't want to see how many miles I had yet to go! Ya know, the whole mind game thing...

After the third rest stop, I kept thinking about the popsicles that awaited us at the last rest stop. And that was the best popsicle I've had in a long time!

Once we finished the last freeway section, I started hammering since at that point the only thing I wanted to do was get off the bike. I was so ready to be finished riding. I made some increases on my average speed over that last stretch, but it was still a lot slower than everyone else has reported!

During the ride, I decided I would buy the jersey if they had any left when I finished. I saw riders all day wearing the jersey and I really wanted one and hope they hadn't sold out of them. So I got to the finish and I got the last jersey in my size!

Judy