8 July Rides

[Velobambina]

So those West Coast Wenches can't accuse us East Coasters of slacking off, I will start today's thread. Got in a 43miler, starting before sunrise, today. My legs were tired, but I was still pretty spunky on the hills. Must have been the magic from my pink Luna Eclipse--such a lovely bike. Anyway, saw three foxes. The heat and humidity that's descended on us must be making them antsy.

When I got home, I took my new Seven Alaris for a test ride around the 'hood. The bike is the perfect addition to the stable.

Got home in time to lift weights before watching Phil's favorite, Robbie, win today's stage of the TDF! What a finish!!! My new crush, Fabian, gets to keep the yellow, too.

[7rider]

No slacking off today for this East Coaster, either.
DH and I did the shop ride with our LBS. We had to detour, as Tiger Woods and some golf thing are in town. Our usual route goes by the golf course where they are at, and the road was clogged with tour buses.
DH had me ride with the "B" group today. He promised to hang with me if I fell off the back, but I think I did okay. We were doing 25+ on Clara Barton - - I think....I was too focused on the wheel in front of me to look at my Garmin! I'll go by what others tell me.
Other than falling off the back on the hills (as usual), I think I did okay with the group. Ended up with a new p.r., too....32.75 miles at a 18.8 mph!
I told my friend, Art, and he commented...."Better living through chemistry!" Yeah, I was on the juice...my epidural seems to be working...no pain on the ride! Yayyy!!!

[divingbiker]

Well, it looks like those of us in the DC area are tearing up the roads today! I did 62 miles out at the Agricultural Research Center/Wildlife Refuge, my longest ride so far this year and my last road ride before Cycle Across Maryland next weekend. I'm hoping to do a century next Saturday, but if it's as hot as it is today, and if it's as windy as it got after about mile 45, I may have to stick with the metric.

[makbike]

I joined the club for a 60 mile ride from Louisville to Eminence - beautiful roads and scenery once we got out of the city. My legs felt great and I was able to hang with the "middle group" that quickly formed. It was a fast ride to Eminence and the whole time I'm thinking "this can't be real, I'm flying!" We stopped in Eminence at the "Chat-n-Nibble" for lunch and I enjoyed a wonderful country ham sandwich and the company of the group. Back on our bikes and off we went passing a large draft horse in a pasture, a beautiful field of sunflowers all in bloom and some great looking fields of corn, a hawk circling above us and a vulture enjoying a meal ahead of us. Up and down the hills we flew enjoying our bikes and the company of the cozy little group that had formed. The ride ended up being 56.5 miles and I had an average speed of 17.16 mph - I'll doing a happy dance!

[Fredwina]

For once, I didn't start the thread
since it's now "merely" 90 degrees and I had a meeting i wanted to attend this this PM, I got up early and got on the road at a 7AM. did one of my Favorite loops, out Bonita and back Baseline. I had some spare time, so I climbed up Benson in Upland and came down Campus to Baseline/16th where I pulled in to the parkling lot of Saint Mark's Episcopal.
We have a bulletin board with pics of all the members of our parish. The job of church photographer has changed, and the new guy is an avid cyclist. I keep trying to get him and his wife out on their tandem at the club ride. Hey, my own post went OT! Anyway, Don wanted to replace my Pic with one of moi in biking regalia. so I posed, The only thing was we did inside and I thought afterwards we should have done one by the church sign.
I had some extra time, so I took the long way home. Almost stopped by the Coffee shop that's our "HQ" to see if any of the biking "Heathens" we hanging out but I didn't. Came up with about 35 miles

[RolliePollie]

Ahhhh, sprinklers! I rode by a vineyard today and they had their aerial rainbirds going. They were doing a great job of watering the road, so I took advantage of it and circled around several times until I was quite wet. Next was a 2 mile downhill stretch. What a great cool down!

It was just a typical solo training ride for me today. 21.6 miles, pretty uneventful. I passed three other cyclists on an uphill and I was kind of excited about that.