February 11 Sunday rides...

Roads were dry, sun was out, light winds, and temp of 26 degreesF, so DH and I went out after breakfast for a 2 hour ride, 21 miles.
Managed to keep warm though our fingers still got a bit cold. Our water in our water bottles wound up half frozen. Too cold to drink for me- made me colder all over, and my teeth hurt! :( Next time I'll heat my water before we go out. DH's steel water bottle froze closed. :rolleyes: Glad I started the ride having drunk lots of water already.
Aside from a little coldness in fingers and toes, and my glasses giving me an ice cream headache, we were warm enough generally.
Pretty ride. I could tell that 3 weeks of less activity has slowed me down a bit, so it was good to shake those muscles awake and remind them they will eventually be called into action again! :)

I haven't ridden today yet, but I wanted to comment on your post, Lisa. I know, as most of us do, that feeling of getting back on the bike after a bit of a layoff. The coolest thing I've noticed about it is that, though there might be creaking and whinging and complaining from various parts of my body for a few miles, I can still tell that this is where my body wants to be--on the seat of my little bike, flying along the road (or plodding up the road--whatever).:) :) :)

Kind of a mixed feeling ride today. I recently converted my Bianchi Limited to as close to a CX bike as possible, and today took her for a trek thru some local hilly mtb paths, just to see how she does off-road. The lovely paths I rode last summer are gone. The hills are more-or-less still there, but nearly the entire area has been deforested, plowed under, and new *&#$@*&(* condos sprouting up everywhere. Many dozens of kilometers of beautiful forest are gone forever. I just feel really sad about this.
OTOH, I did manage 28km of mixed off-road, trail/path, and road riding elsewhere, where the grubby developers haven't attacked. Yet. Bike handled excellently, weather balmy, nice ride, but still bummed at how much woodland is being razed for subdivisions around here. :(

I'm off the mountain bike for the rest of the year, and I'm using the road bike only on the trainer, but my husband and I took the single speeds out for a ride this morning. I thought we'd get caught in the rain but the weather stayed beautiful. My legs still seem a little weak to me but I was able to keep up even after I added a load of groceries.

DH and I did 25 miles. I had everything working against me: it is cold, no sunshine, my left eye is burning and my sinuses are so congested I feel like a bowling ball is resting on my head. BUT I wanted to ride and I am so glad I did. I worked hard, my sinuses are clear for the moment and my muscles ache in a good way. Only 40 miles this weekend, but I worked hard on them.

We did a short ride today on the Bike Fridays! Victor has been able to ride his quite a bit, but my rides have been more limited. It was my first ride with the new seatpost (even more set back), and I think we've finally got the fit nailed!

I'm ready for spring! We've had no real snow - just really cold weather. If it isn't gonna snow, I'd rather it be warm:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

At least the days are starting to get noticeably longer!

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Originally Posted by CA_in_NC

We did a short ride today on the Bike Fridays! Victor has been able to ride his quite a bit, but my rides have been more limited. It was my first ride with the new seatpost (even more set back), and I think we've finally got the fit nailed!

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That's great news, CA! Glad you got out. We hiked 8 miles today at the Eno. Too chilly for me to ride, but it was a gorgeous day. So glad your Fridays are going to work for you after all! :)

Emily

After I got off work today I remarked that if this that and the other excuse I'd take a bike ride. DH called my bluff so we went out on our bikes to dinner.

40 degrees or so, and with the moon/street lights reflecting off the underside of the clouds it was bright as day as we were riding home. It was a lovely ride. I didn't want it to end.

Turned out to be a glorious sunny day despite the rain in the early morning. And finally temperatures had warmed up a bit. With the sunshine it felt very warm so I had no trouble keeping my toes happy this time. Headed north until it was time to turn around and come home. Did 50 miles in total. On track for my training schedule for the AidsRide in June. I now have three months to double that distance.

it rained in Socal!!! It was awesome. I don't ride in the rain... but I do GARDEN in the rain :D Pulled weeds, spread CA Native Wildflower seed and planted 20 new plants...

rode Sat tho, with a group I USED to be able to keep up with :eek: I got some work to do... sigh....:o

DH and i did 104 miles in the picacho peak century. i was riding on an untested seat and DH hasnt ridden in about three weeks, so we were leery going in but it went good. the first 65 miles were a walk in the park, then we turned INTO THE WIND and it was brutal for the last 35 miles. but we're not aching today and all-in-all it was a great weekend. the seat? a terry damselfly, seat number 5 in my quest, it did okay but its just not perfect. it LOOKS SO GOOD on my bike tho, i think i'll keep it, til i find Ms. Perfect Seat -i know youre out there . . .

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Originally Posted by Lisa S.H.

Roads were dry, sun was out, light winds, and temp of 26 degreesF, so DH and I went out after breakfast for a 2 hour ride, 21 miles.
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you are tough, lisa!! 26 degrees!!

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Originally Posted by PinkBike

you are tough, lisa!! 26 degrees!!

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Thanks Laurie. DH and I both agreed however that the 26F was probably our cold limit for rides over an hour. :o

Well, I am a beginner so my Sunday ride was only 14 miles. Weather was overcast, cool 50ish degrees and a good wind was blowing. But that was more miles than the week before so I was happy. :)

This week was warmer than the week before which was 33 degrees. Brrrr! It's no 26, but definiately cold for me down here on the Texas Gulf Coast. Wow! 26 degrees, really? :eek: You are so brave!

No ride yesterday, but we skiied -- in rain, snow, sleet, and hail! Well, more like small ice pellets, not exactly the sort of hail that one thinks of in summer storms.

Thought about riding in the afternoon, but Tom the ski instructor tired my body out but good!

Robin the ski instructor shared the tale of a recent ride, in the dark, downhill, fast, rounding a curve and finding a pretty large rock the hard way. He banged up his shoulder some, got some scrapes and bruises, but he can ski, so life is good!

I wanna grow up to be Robin, but smart enough to ride downhill fast in the daylight instead of at night!

Karen in Boise

I finally made it up Sierra Road. Yee-hah! http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/yay.gif