Pictures from yesterday. I hope to ride the bike later this afternoon. I'm still working out the seat height issues.:rolleyes:
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Pictures from yesterday. I hope to ride the bike later this afternoon. I'm still working out the seat height issues.:rolleyes:
Yeah, Crankin', that sounds bad. There were actually very few cyclists out. Most know better not to go at that time. (I do know better, but I the need to ride outweighed the risk.) This is why I usually do the lbs ride on Sat.
All that adrenalin made for one of my fastest times on that route in a long time, though. :)
I had two good rides this weekend. On Friday night I'd signed up to do a local Sky Breeze ride. The weather had been awful all week but at least stopped raining, although the wind was 20mph gusting to 35. There was only the leader and myself, but it was a great 12 mile route and I'm sure that I topped my pb for average speed/max speed. However I forgot to start the tracker app on my phone so will never know :rolleyes: This morning I did two laps of my 5mile circuit.
I did 34 miles of rolling hills in the heat of southeast Iowa this morning. I passed a number of Amish people in their buggies and on foot, most likely on their way to church. Everyone exchanged waves with me. It was a very nice ride and at a good pace for me through the hills, beating my prior best average on that route by .5 mph. Close to town I did get buzzed by a car, with the driver leaning on his horn and me with no place to go as there is no paved shoulder. He had plenty of room to move to the other lane and plenty of visibility. What a jerk.
The best part of the entire ride was the break from the incessant itching of my terrible case of poison ivy. For some reason I don't itch when I am riding. But now, off the bike. Ugh.
I did a nice 34 mile loop with a friend yesterday. It's a ride that cyclists do frequently around here, but this was my first time on it. Last year I was still feeling too new and tentative to try it, fearing I would be in over my head. Yesterday I did it easily. Nice to know I'm progressing!
Just a short ride today, 12 miles to and from church.
Congratulations Zenbiker, that is a great feeling!
I was planning on at least doing mountain bike drills for a couple hours this afternoon...but my calves are complaining - unsure if they are just really tight (probably) or something else. They are fine as long as I don't go on my tippy-toes, which tells me they need a break. Sigh...and it is so beautiful, guess it is good I couldn't make it south to the mtb trails today...and they've not had a rest since Monday. Drills can happen tomorrow after work and the place where I go will be far less crowded.
Chatnoire, love the photo you took, looks like you had fun!
Yesterday, I did the Harlem Valley Rail trail:
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Copake falls:
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Amenia (pleasing to the eye), NY:
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New York City Commuter Train:
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The end, I had about 30 miles:
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Today, I stayed close to home
Lindenwald. Martin Van Buren's Home after he lost the election of 1840:
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Kinderhook, NY:
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Grave of a President:
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Aaaaahhhh, love the upstate pics!!! I miss New York. I went to grad school near Red Hook and rode my bike all around from Red Hook to Hudson to Tivoli and all the periphery of those areas. I kinda miss it, but not the humidity!
I was out of town visiting family for Father's Day, but I brought my bike and got one 15 mile ride in.
DH and I did about 10 mtb miles today in Brown County. He worked most of yesterday and was pretty pooped today, but we finally rallied around 3 pm and got out to the park. It was hot and dusty but we had the trail to ourselves, which is always nice.
Sweet - and that is the best time of the day to go, especially on a Sunday. Which trail(s) did you ride?Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
Limekiln. First time since last fall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
:) Last weekend was the first for me on LK as well - heading back next weekend if the weather permits & my bike is out of the shop. Glad you had fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by indysteel
We recovered from yesterday by doing a 19.4 mile picnic ride. We rode 8.5 miles to a pond in a nearby town, where there's a beach, picnic benches, and (most importantly) a porta potty. It's right by the bike trail, which of course on Sunday, is something I will avoid like the plague.
Weather is still cool, clear, and gorgeous, about 68-70. We hung out for about 1.5 hours and then came back a slightly longer way.
It's going up to 90 degrees by Wednesday, so not looking forward to that.