May 28 daily ride report

[KnottedYet]

Rode 25 miles in the rain. Again! This time I had fenders. Niiiiiiiice. I really do like riding in the rain. Something was blooming along the bike trail, and it smelled great.

Met the lovely Ms. Quillfred for coffee, then rode to the lbs and had them work on my dragging brake pedal and got some bolts for my fenders. Though I must admit my string attachement system worked pretty well.

Had a picnic at the edge of the lake (banana and Clif Snot) then rode home. Overshot my destination by a couple miles, just because it felt so good to be riding.

Once again, my Ibex wool top and knickers came through with flying colors.

[makbike]

I enjoyed my 22 mile ride today with the club. It is the traditional Sunday ride which takes rides through a beautiful park in Louisville, winds through downtown Louisville and dumps rides out on Riverroad (runs parallel to the Ohio River). It is a nice flat ride and for once I did not have to battle the wind going up the river. I averaged 16.4 mph today and felt great the whole time I was on my bike.

[bikerz]

Well - it's been a TE-filled weekend - Mt. Diablo yesterday, and a nice flat "recovery" ride today!

We (Jobob, Trek420, Winddance and I) had a lovely 27 mile ride today along the Alameda Creek trail - thanks Winddance for suggesting it. It was a gorgeous day out along the creek and bay, duck and goose familes everywhere one looked, including smack in the middle of the trail at one point! I survived another assault on Jobob's "nemesis hill" - and it was a treat to come over the top and look up and see her waving me on! And Winddance made it much further up that hill (on her compact double!!!) than last time - well done!

We pushed hard back to the cars - I did my little trick of trying to increase my average mph over the last few miles. That was a lot of fun everyone, thanks!

[Fuji Girl]

I did "Bike the Drive" here in Chicago, where they shut down Lakeshore Drive from 5 to 10 AM and let you ride on it (for a fee, of course. At least the give you a T-shirt). You can choose from a variety of distances, ranging from 5 mil to 30 mi. I did the 30. It was SO HOT! And humid too! About 85 degrees, 80% humidity. Ugh.

The worst part of it though, was that I had planned on doing the 30 miles with a friend of mine, and instead she sped off and rode with her ex-bf the whole time. So I rode alone. <sigh>

I love air conditioning.

[salsabike]

Spouse and I did 50 miles on the tandem in sprinkles, showers, and downright rain, around the north half of Lake Washington and across Mercer Island. KnottedYet is so right--fenders are GOOD. Was a wet but good ride and made us happy. Nothing like a hot shower after a ride like this!

[kimct]

Did 21.5 miles today! Very nice ride on a new route I'm exploring. Hopefully will be much longer once I figure out where it all goes!

Low 70's, lil breezy....was awesome!

Kim

[Grog]

Went for a hard 100 km with my boyfriend yesterday to celebrate end-of-exams, but I was still short of 2000 km by 12 km so I went for the slowest-possible recovery ride today. That was nice. (He didn't come with me... I think he abused his body these last few weeks and his immune system has decided to step back now that exams are over...)

So 21 km in an hour, including the last 2,5 km climbing this nice 5-6% hill by where I live, in small gears, super slowly, basing my speed on my heart rate (that I kept as low as possible). Cloudy, a little chilly, but just fine.

Came back home, cleaned both bikes (boyfriend still sick in bed) thoroughly... Now I'm ready to jump in a nice, warm shower!

[jobob]

I survived another assault on Jobob's "nemesis hill" - and it was a treat to come over the top and look up and see her waving me on! And Winddance made it much further up that hill (on her compact double!!!) than last time - well done!

Here she comes ....



And she did it!!



That hill's such a stinker, it's a great feeling to reach the top. And she did it on her second try - it took me many more attempts than that!