Sept. 2 rides

[Tiffanie]

I finally had a ride today after just over two weeks off the bike! Yay!!! I dragged my sister out with me. She rode her dh's mtn bike so we didn't ride fast or far but it felt great to get back out. Just over 10 miles along the coast and SA River Trail.

[Triskeliongirl]

Did a hot 50 mile club ride. Most, including hubby were doing 75 (same ride with an extra loop at the top) but I still wasn't acclimated to the heat after being in Cape Cod all summer. I did better than I had been doing though, perhaps since the temps dropped from the triple digits to the high 90s. Very pretty scenary, interesting people to chat with. They say the heat wave is ending, but I'll believe it when I see it. The worse was having to stay outside while waiting for hubby to finish, and dying for a cold drink. I should have just filled my bottles with ice instead of liquid at the last stop!

[Cindyloo]

I decided to join the LBS crew for a group ride on the paths around here. The weather was great and the temp was probably mid seventies. I rode my bike to the shop then went with them on an 11 mile ride then rode home. In all I logged almost 21 miles. I was on my beater mountain bike so it was a little more effort than the road bike!

We had to pass under the road through tunnels several times. In one of the tunnels we caught a little chipmunk by surprise. He had nowhere to go but started to run along side us to the end of the tunnel. That little joker was going about 14 mph!

[emily_in_nc]

Rode to the farmer's market, Performance, and food co-op, both hubby and me with four panniers and Tailrider (which weren't all full after our shopping, but some stuff we bought was heavy!). Gorgeous post-Ernesto day here in NC (62 at start, 76 at finish, sunshine, breeze, blue sky, low humidity). MANY cyclists out, all in good spirits and friendly on such a pretty day after three rainy days. Total of 31.6 miles - our longest of the year. Since we had so many stops, we were away from home for a long time. Fun!

Emily

[alpinerabbit]

I climbed passo dello Stelvio - I did that with 5000 other bikers - 1800 meters pure climb over 25 km. 3 hours of unadulterated suffering.





all your roads are belong to us!!

[emily_in_nc]

I climbed passo dello Stelvio - I did that with 5000 other bikers - 1800 meters pure climb over 25 km. 3 hours of unadulterated suffering.

Wow, I am in awe.

Great photos - thanks for posting them.

Congratulations! You truly are an alpine rabbit. I guess that makes me a yep, hill slug.

Emily

[uk elephant]

So Saturday morning I headed off on my long solo ride adventure that BF and my dad were so worried about. First stop was the bike shop. Friday some idiot professor stepped into the road right in front of me and got himself tangled up in my front wheel. Luckily there seemed to be no serious damage neither to me or my bike (nor to him for that matter although it was his fault). The only thing I could find was that the wheels were slightly buckled which worried me. So I stopped at the bike shop and they assured me the bike was perfectly safe to ride and not to worry. And they scheduled me in to get the wheels trued on Thursday. I called the guy who caused the crash and he was happy to pay for the repairs. So feeling relieved and ready for some pedalling I headed off. The weather forecast was for pouring rain all day. Turned out to be light drizzle in the morning, then dry most of the day. Not enough to get me wet or cold. But the strong headwinds all afternoon got me somewhat frustrated. But I kept pedalling away. I figured as long as I kept moving forward, I was still making progress and I was in no hurry. By the time I got to the hotel dad had booked I had done 55 miles in 7 hours (including the stop at the bike shope, so really it was 6 and a half hours). I was a bit disappointed that it wasn't longer because I had mentally prepared for a 60 mile ride so I considered making a few laps of the town where the hotel was to get up to a metric century, but decided a hot shower and a bit of stretching was more tempting. It is still 15 miles more than I have ever done in one day before so I figured I could be proud enough of that acheivement.