april 12 Rides

[Fredwina]

50 miles
I did a route 66 trip in between the club ride
It's in the 90 with Santa ana's here(a blast! maybe not!)

[solobiker]

Thanks for the pics!! It is so nice to see the color green again. Things here in CO are slowing starting to turn green. How did you survive the ride in the wind?? It gets pretty windy here in the spring and it can be quite the challenge

[salsabike]

Well WELL. Wish I had pictures as good as Fredwina's but as usual we forgot to bring a camera. It's a BEAUTIFUL day in the neighborhood here in the Pacific Northwest. We did a 50 mile tandem ride around the north part of Lake Washington, and took a look at the Danskin bike route while we were at it. Man, it's gorgeous out there today! Whee! Winter's over.

[Crankin]

Well, it was supposed to be 45-60, with heavy rain today, maybe clearing in the afternoon, late. So I went to the gym at 7 AM, lifted weights and ran/walked on the treadmill. We had to go a couple of places closer to the city to do errands, so I thought I wouldn't be able to ride. By the time we were done with the first errand, the sun was shining and it was 65 out!
My husband isn't feeling that well, with a cold, and he is about to leave for an overnight flight to Paris. So I suggested we ride our Jamis' into town. It was very relaxing, I did an errand, and then we sat on a bench and watched all of the tourists piling into town for Patriot's Day, which is the 21st. Then I noticed some really dark clouds, sort of heading our way and I knew it was going to rain. Let's just say that was the fastest ride I've had on the Jamis. It started sprinkling and about 5 minutes after we got home the skies really opened up. Lots of thunder, too.
There were tons of cyclists out today and I feel sorry for the ones that got caught in that storm.
A grand total of 7.6 miles.

[Geonz]

Did about ten miles in the sleet and 30 mph wnds (okay, that wa sonly out on the prairie... in town wa sbetter).
Gonna get out again 'cause it's only cloudy... Mary Cliff is playin "beam me up, scotty" and I'm identifying too much

[mimitabby]

for the first time in my life I rode further than Fredwina!

56 miles. from my house to U district (hilly) then back down to the lake for the south lake loop then back south to get back to my house. Sunny, happy, pleasant; now i'm happily tired and a bit sore. 2500 feet of climbing! or more; depending whose computer you're looking at.

[Beane]

So I suggested we ride our Jamis' into town.

I believe the plural of Jamis is Jamii

[mupedalpusher]

Here in wonderful "winter never ends" Missouri, we got it all today. Wind, rain, sleet & snow. No ride for me, it's nasty out.

[Starfish]

36 miles, 2467' climbing. I'm very out of shape. It felt brutal & took forever.

I was looking at last year's log, and this time last year I did this:
17 miles, 2353' climbing. But the average miles/hour were the same as today (which should have been a lot faster with less climbing!).

OUT. OF. SHAPE.

[KnottedYet]

Spent a relaxed 4 hrs riding all over north Seattle. Found some cool alley cut-offs to avoid Dalai Lama traffic heading downtown, scoped out part of a much better commute route than what I'd been riding, did some errands, had lunch at Greenlake.

Watched Seattleites pour outside today. High 60's and sunny, clear blue sky!

[Fredwina]

Thanks for the pics!! It is so nice to see the color green again. Things here in CO are slowing starting to turn green. How did you survive the ride in the wind?? It gets pretty windy here in the spring and it can be quite the challenge

Aside From almost getting blown over once or twice, ok.
they were really strong today! more of the same is no tap for tomorrow, which I may skip the women's ride.(and I was going to play hooky from church and go with up the Cajon Pass )

[PinkBike]

beeeeeeautiful day for a ride! today in the 80's, tomorrow the 90's. we were going to do the full century but the winds were blowing and so we decided on the 68-miler.

i couldnt figure out why everything was hurting, i just totally did not feel comfortable. 15 miles in i glanced down and saw my seat was cocked about 30 degrees to the left of center!!!!! duhhhhhhhhh. stopped and fixed it and voila instant comfort!

the ride took us a fiull 5 hours, why? the WIND was brutal. i could only go 10 - 11 mph for a big chunk of the ride.

then we turned - woohoo - downhill and a tailwind all the way in! reached 40+ mph on one tiny section of brand new asphalt.

at the end we had a free meal - pizza and a salad at a restaurant - the club done good.

[PinkBike]

Popoki_Nui

+1 on the nice hot bath!

[tc1]

Whoo-hoo! Sun in Seattle! I rode from the Lake Forest Park mall to Marymoor Park and back. I am guessing 30 miles, one of these days I will get my bike computer working. That is a long ride for me. And I even skipped the bakery at the mall!

Don't be envious of our one sunny day this spring. The rain is supposed to be back tomorrow...

[HillSlugger]

Only 18.5 miles today but it was the prelude for a 3.2 mile run.