October 1 Rides

[KnottedYet]

Another heart-poundingly beautiful Seattle fall day! The sun was out, the sky was blue with exciting sculptural clouds, it was crisp but not chilly, and not too much traffic on the Burke-Gilman and Sammammish River trails.

I only had a limited time for my ride, so I rode kinda hard. (you Seattlites - I went LFP to just past Marymoor) It was so gorgeous along the river, through the fields, and along the rows of huge poplar (?) trees.

Had a rest stop at the Marymoor velodrome and watched a woman with the most incredibly lovely legs ride a Bianchi around the track.

Hot-footed it back homeward, but stopped to help a woman who was getting a flat. Some of the folks who'd been at the velodrome stopped, too. My new Serfas pump blew a seal or something. That'll be going back to the store... Anyway, we managed to get enough air into her tire to get her home. The velodromies paused to admire Flosshilde (as well they should!).

Great day for a ride.

[emily_in_nc]

Just did a little, fun, flat ride on the American Tobacco Trail (a rail-trail) in Durham with my DH. Had never done that before. Road mountain bikes but really didn't need to since it was all paved. Gorgeous day in the 70s. Just 13 miles - we would have done more, but the connector to the southern counties is incomplete.

It was fun to do something different!

Emily