Sunday, October 15th rides

[KnottedYet]

Thank you Trek for setting newby straight on how to yield.

And my, you caught him on a hill! On Bradley! You are a BABE!

[Trek420]

KnottedYet "Thank you Trek for setting newby straight on how to yield."

for a moment there his life flashed before my eyes Seriously with new riders they make some of the same mistakes drivers make like not knowing how fast bikes descend.

"And my, you caught him on a hill! On Bradley! You are a BABE!"

One of the things I like on ALC training rides is the emphasis on safety that and the non competitive atmosphere. But when at a regroup Green Helmet New Guy said something like that he liked my pace, I set a good pace that he could keep up with Awwww.

I just smiled and asked how his ride was going so far, how're you doing and we're about to get to your first real hill.

That's why i dropped him on the hill on Bradley the tank.

[xeney]

I should have paid more attention to that "century with a cold" thread, although I was only doing a metric. I do have a cold, though, and I really, really wanted to bail out after 45 miles. The only reason I didn't was that those SAG people kind of make you feel like a loser if you ask for a ride, plus my husband did the metric with me to help me out when he really wanted to do the imperial century. (He did ride a little further while I was resting, so he got 82 miles and a decent climb.) So I felt obligated to continue.

If I ever do that again I will practice my snot rockets first, because it is no fun to have to keep stopping to blow your nose. And I can't do it on a moving bike, at least not when we are going over the most rutted horrible roads I've ever ridden on.

I am also not sure it was a brilliant idea to go for a 25-mile ride on my new saddle, think, "Wow, this saddle is a lot harder than my Butterfly," and then make my next ride a 70-mile ride on the same saddle. Possibly I should have gone back to the old familiar for the long ride.

I have to say that there was really not much that was fun about the last 40 miles, but I made it, it was about 70 miles total according to my bike computer, and my cold doesn't feel any worse at the moment so maybe I will survive. And my butt survived, I don't seem to be dead, and my husband is still speaking to me, so I guess it worked out okay.

[cosc]

My dh and I had good weather, 60's for our 18 mile ride. The descent coming back was frightful though. The shimmy seemed to get worse as I got close to the bottom of the hill. There was a 20mph crosswind that might have contributed. I really felt like my headset was loose, but seemed fine when we tested it. Yesterday when I came down that hill my bike was as smooth as glass compared to today. I'm so glad you girls are here for the good and the whiny times.

[pooks]

Today's ride was so short I ought to be embarrassed to mention it, but we road 2 miles in the rain and it was wonderful! I loved riding in the warm rain. Wish we could have gone farther but we were pushing it to take time to ride at all.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Today's ride was so short I ought to be embarrassed to mention it, but we road 2 miles in the rain and it was wonderful! I loved riding in the warm rain. Wish we could have gone farther but we were pushing it to take time to ride at all.

Yeah well I got you beat Pookster- I rode ONE mile today! Into town for Sunday breakfast and back. I REALLY wanted to go for a 12 mile ride I love, but I had some job deadlines that I simply could no longer put off, so right after breakfast I had to peddle home and WORK all day.

[Crankin]

Denise G. and I rode today; 20.1 miles on some country roads and a few suburban traffic type roads. It's getting cooler here and it's hard to know how to dress. It's not cold enough for super winter gear, but I find it very hard to gauge it correctly. I think I'm getting used to riding in cool weather, because I was able to wear regular gloves and no head covering at 53 degrees.
So, a nice, social ride from Concord to West Acton and back. The foliage sure is nice, but very soon all of those leaves will be on the ground, making it trecherous for cyclists.

Yes, this was listed under Oct. 14th. No, I did not ride twice.