On the road - my bikes are happy!

[DeniseGoldberg]

Finally! I almost hate to say it because I don't want to jinx the weekend - but I finally got out on the road today (with one of my bikes).

It's been days and days of gray skies and rain, lots of rain. The town next to mine reported 3 and a half inches of rain in this week's storm. That a lot of water!

When I woke up this morning I looked outside to see blue sky. Unfortunately by the time I took my shower and headed outside to retrieve the newspaper from my walk, gray had taken over again. OK, OK, it's a work day, off to work with a dream of biking later. The sun made an occasional appearance but the sky stayed mainly gray. It was a lot lighter than it has been though, and instead of the 40 degree temperatures we've had all week it was in the mid sixties. At 3 o'clock I decided I just had to escape. The roads were still dry, and my bikes were sending me "I want to ride" messages. Time to head home so I could wander out again on a bike.

My bike & I managed a nice 22-mile late afternoon ride. It definitely felt good to be back out on the road, my first ride since last Saturday's jaunt with Robyn & Jean. (Weather wizard, please listen - you're not supposed to keep us off of our bikes at this time of year!) It was amazing how messy some of the roads were - lots of leaves and small twigs on the road. And it was scary that I saw several trees down not too far from my house. The roads were mainly dry, although there were enough spots where the road was totally covered with water that my bike requested (and received) a nice wash when we returned home. Clean, and ready to hit the road again!

It's a 3-day weekend, and I'm planning 3 days of riding. Here's hoping...

--- Denise

[CorsairMac]

crossing my fingers for you my friend! Here's hoping I can send some of our New Mexican sun your way!!

[newfsmith]

To ____ with yard work, today I got to ride in sunshine, shorts & a jersey. Could this finally be the end of the winter season? Unfortunately, my planned route was interrupted by road work, so I only got 48 miles. I'd been hoping to do a 70 mile loop, but I guess that was a sign that I needed to get back and tend to the yard. I'm hoping for more of the same this weekend.

[DeniseGoldberg]

...today I got to ride in sunshine, shorts & a jersey. Could this finally be the end of the winter season?

Me too! Warmth, finally. The weather forecast for the next 2 days isn't as good, but I'm still hoping for a repeat performance. More riding weather, please...

--- Denise

[massbikebabe]

Denise:

I hear ya!!! Hubby and I got out this afternoon and felt so good. When I went downstairs to get my bike it just about jumped into my arms. We did about 30 miles, (forgot to turn my 'puter on I was so happy to be out), and then came home and the sky opened up and poured again...but we got to catch the end of the Giro so that was good. My hubby got a kick out of your bike Friday and wants to give it a go...we'll have to talk...he even said he would let you ride his beloved Colnago which I have never been able to ride!!

Spazz...I put an FSA crank set on my Trek 5200 and I also like it very much, maybe it's just me but do you find it slow to shift??

karen

[DeniseGoldberg]

... My hubby got a kick out of your bike Friday and wants to give it a go...we'll have to talk...he even said he would let you ride his beloved Colnago which I have never been able to ride!!

Karen -
Fun! How tall is your husband? I'm about 5'6", and my Bike Fridays are made to fit me... They are very cool bikes. And Robyn's husband has one too - he apparently got his so he can take a bike with him on business trips.

--- Denise