May 3d rides

[Crankin]

I had an interesting ride today. My plans to ride with a friend fell through and my DH has a cold, so he's been gardening all weekend, instead of riding. Anyway, I set out to do a 20 mile or so flattish route. It was about 62, so after stopping at mile 7 to peel off layers, I started out down Rt. 225 in Bedford. After crossing the bridge over the Concord River, I felt another rider behind me; I saw someone a little ways back, trying to catch me. I appeared it was a male, which I thought was strange, since I am not the fastest rider around. He did catch me right when I got to a teeny rise in the road and then all of a sudden, he was gone. I continued on, stopping at one intersection to take a very long drink. By this time, my vest and arm warmers were off and I was wishing I didn't have my base layer on under my jersey. So, off I went and all of a sudden I heard a deep voice say, "I'm right behind you, do you mind?" I said no, but then I felt peer pressure to go at a faster pace. I told the guy that I was starting to "fade," but I would be happy to pull him. So, trying to keep my breathing from exploding, he told me that he was recovering from a bad accident, to which I replied,"Don't tell me about it now!" When we got near Concord Center, he told me he was going to fall back, but at an intersection I asked if he minded getting in front of me; he was hesitant, but I said, look, I'm an old lady, you don't need to go fast. He told me that an 87 yr. old man had plowed into him last August and this was only his third time out on his road bike since then. He had been trail riding a bit and just went back to work 3 weeks ago. I wished him well and turned off to go toward my house. Hey, my ego was boosted when he said that I was "flying."
DH said he was hitting on me, but I don't think so. He looked at least 15 years younger than me.

[gnarwhal]

Rode today with my son and his friend and his sister and their parents. My son and friend are six, the sister is 10 i think and we went out the railway paths near our houses. We put up with a lot of whinging on the way out from the two boys as the wind was in our faces and they both decided that a near constant incline was offputting enough that they wanted to be at home playing on their Nintendos. Slow and steady won the day and it was gloriously sunny and we eventually made it through some ups and downs, some nettle stings, some falls, some pedal slaps and a burst lip (handlebar to face interchange) to the pub! Lunch in the pub, a burst of rain and a trip to the playpark. Then home downhill with the wind behind us, we were all in much better moods and no-one fell off or got nettled or anything, sun came out again and it was a stunning ride. Ideal for 2 six year olds, a ten year old and three out of shape adults 18 miles in all. Not too bad. Little one's knackered now and i've hosed him down and fed him and i think he'll sleep for a hundred years!

[wackyjacky1]

After a 3-week layoff from riding (we had Fiesta down here, and it's hard to get motivated to ride when you're partying all night and still having to drag yourself to work the next day; then the weather got sketchy) I finally got back on the bike today.

Only got about 10.5 miles done. My sister is moving so I rode by the new house to say hi and ended up helping her move stuff. Then on the way home one of my pedals broke. Fortunately my LBS was nearby (and open on a late Sunday afternoon) so I carefully rode over there and got myself fixed up.

Long day, but not much mileage. Oh, well!

It wasn't very hot (maybe about 90) but it's ridiculously humid out there. Yuck!

[Biciclista]

22.3 miles today. we went to Mercer Island and back. Today was bicycle sunday along the lake, so we were able to ride amongst lovely cherry trees in blossom and other cyclists and pedestrians on the road without stinky noisy dangerous cars!

and thanks to Kent Peterson's blog entry, we observed the hundreds of spider webs on the I-90 bridge.

a truly beautiful day to be on a bike, sunny, low 60's. ahhhh







back up the hill to home.

[indigoiis]

Purdy!

[Blueberry]

Great photos, Mimi! Your bike always makes me smile

No riding for me this weekend - had other things going on. Sometimes that has to be OK. Weather permitting, I'm hoping to be back riding tomorrow after work (gotta love the longer days...)

CA

[hilldweller]

50ks today Nice round number that, f-i-f-t-y woohoo 21.8k average On the flat, perfect sunny autumn weather again and no wind. Had to stop a couple of times to stretch out dagger-like pain through my left shoulder/neck - frustrating, but manageable I guess.

Was thinking as I rode I should take my camera next time. Then we could have some autumn colours to go with the gorgeous spring blossom pics above.

Knew I'd be out for at least a couple of hours so rummaged around in the kitchen cupboards and unearthed half a bottle of energy/electrolyte drink leftover from my last foray into cycling. Expiry date 2002! It looked rather more syrupy than I remember but mixed up fine and tasted OK I found some equally ancient Leppin Squeezys too

[HoosierGiant]

40 miles in east-central Indiana. Historic sites included Wilbur Wright's birthplace and the grave of a Revolutionary War soldier. Great ride!!