Hey NE girls

[DeniseGoldberg]

32 degrees, and the smart wools weren't enough, my toes were miserable after 8 of the 20 miles and just had to stop my ride short.

32 degrees - brrr! Adding shoe covers works for me in the 40s, but in the 30s I find that I also need toe warmers. The ones I use are Heat Treat Toe Warmers - I usually get them at REI.

--- Denise

[Crankin]

Wow, no shoe covers?? You guys are brave. I use toe warmers with smart wool (light weight) socks when it's below 55 or so. Yesterday I wore my Woolie Bully's with my full booties. My toes were a little cool in the beginning, but it was really perfect. I think that will be good down to 38 or so and then I'll need the toe warmers in my shoes. I was able to make my shoes loose enough so I could wear my Woolie Bully's without pain from my bunion.

It looks really nice out now, but I can't ride today, since I have meetings. I am so sore from the Cyclo-core DVD I did after my ride, I can barely move!

[massbikebabe]

My son has a day off from school tomorrow so we are going to do errands and ride. I am so excited I could dance!!!!!!

[songlady]

My outdoor riding took a major hit last week, between daylight saving time and the crummy rain and wind we had. Yesterday was a beautiful 32 miler, temps in the low 50's, light winds. I got a new goretex Concurve jacket at Nashbar (for $40) that makes an awesome outer layer to help block the wind, have used it with success in the 40's, no 30's to try yet
I impulsively plopped down $130 for some lights today, want to try evening riding, 'cause the trainer just ain't cutting it anymore.

[Surlygirl]

My son has a day off from school tomorrow so we are going to do errands and ride. I am so excited I could dance!!!!!!

Yeah Baby, go get em girl. You can do it!!!!

My son is home today, just had teeth pulled so no riding for me today. Tomorrow looks like it will be nice.

[oldbikah]

Between weather, etc, and other things, I have not done much riding. (and I have put on about 3 pounds, blah)
Did a short one last week and fell and removed a large layer of skin from one arm. Had a little snow here this morning. I need to get some covers of some sort for the feet. By the way, last year I bought toe warmers for my ski gloves and found them MUCH cheaper at my local hardware store than at REI or bike or ski shops. I bought a whole box!

[bambu101]

I have been trying to get out at least 2 days of my usual 3 day weekend ( I have a flexible work schedule, and have Fridays off). It has been tougher than it usually is to motivate myself to get all bundled up, but once I am out there, I'm fine. I have never minded the cold, but I came back from a ride this past Saturday, and there were some snow flurries! I keep thinking that "this' will be the last ride of the season, so I am planning to keep going as long as I can!

[wavedancer]

I actually got out to ride a little bit more this past week thanks to returning to standard time. After work is out of the question, even when we were on Daylight Saving Time. (I don't get out of work until 7-7:30 many nights). I had gotten into a pretty good routine of riding for 3/4-1 hour in the morning before going to work. But that means I have to be on the road by 6AM. So now that it's light at 6:00 I can get back into that.

I went for a lovely 35-mile ride today along the coast here on the upper Cape. I've been doing more trail riding the past few weekends. Went to the NEMBA Wicked Ride of the East and had a great women's clinic on the trail where we spent time working on clearing obstacles and skills on the trail. It was great practice and just what I wanted. The women who led the clinic race for Team EMS and were very patient teachers. I hope to spend more time on the mountain bike as it gets colder and would love to hook up with anyone else who wants to do some trail riding

Linda

[quint41]

Hi, everyone in the Northeast!

I have sadly not been riding much in the last couple of weeks. The streets around here are just a mess with acorns, leaves, twigs. We've had a couple of "gollywhomper" storms that threw a lot of tree trash down. And this week's looking at rain, rain, rain. I took my bike for a little spin on Friday and, oooh, boy, it felt good.

Also, I read in the local paper that a bicyclist was hit by a car in my town the other day. He was riding to work, doesn't remember a thing about the accident. The driver took off. Can you imagine?! NO, we do NOT have bike lanes around here. The shoulders are barely wide enough on most roads. We risk our lives road riding in Connecticut!

[wavedancer]

I'd love to get together with y'all again. Any of the dates Denise mentioned should work.

Linda

[Crankin]

I actually have been quite busy w/work.... damn, it's cutting into my exercise time. Anyway, I have added Linda and Patti to the list. I will call the Tea Room and see about making reservations on the 9th or 10th. If I can't do that, there is a Tea Room in Boxborough that is also very good and quite close to 495.

Will get back to you all.

Robyn