Did a 30 mile club ride today. The weather was perfect, especially since i didn't have to work! I was the sweep for the ride, which was good, since I'm not sure I could have kept up with the front group. The bad thing was that there was a woman there, who i have ridden with before, during the summer. She just got a nice Specialized bike, clipless pedals, after riding a bike from the 80s. Well, I remembered that she had kind of bad road skills, but she could keep up with me on the flats (she kept trying to pass me on one ride), but died on the hills. She was having a very hard time with the new shifting system, what gears to use, etc. At one point we were going 10 mph on a flat... but I stayed behind her until the very end, trying to encourage her. She's been riding longer than me and it seemed like she was having more trouble than she should. She did fine with the clipless, but was definitely in the wrong gear a lot of the time. Anyway, at tabout 25 miles, I booked past her on the hills and then stopped and waited for her a few times. My right knee was beginning to hurt from being in the big ring so much.
Still, it was a gorgeous day, making me long for next fall when I will be able to ride whenever I want.
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11-10-2006, 01:24 PM #1
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11-10-2006, 05:33 PM #2
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Beautiful Day for a New Bike!
Yup - bugged out early today to take advantage of the great weather we're having in New England, and to give my new steed a test run. Ended up with 36 miles on my new carbon Kestrel - it was SWEET!
Great weather, new bike, riding in the daylight, what could POSSIBLY be better?
SheFly
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11-10-2006, 05:49 PM #3
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Sounds like you are feeling better.
Originally Posted by SheFly
...what could POSSIBLY be better?
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11-13-2006, 05:46 AM #4
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Originally Posted by Veronica
Sounds like you are feeling better.
V. LOL!
Still overtrained, but couldn't resist the combination of beautiful weather and a new ride... Have you ever noticed that we're all just big children? We know that we shouldn't do something, but go ahead and do it anyway????
SheFly
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V - this week is a rest week
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11-10-2006, 06:15 PM #5
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S W E E T !!!! Originally Posted by SheFly
Yup - bugged out early today to take advantage of the great weather we're having in New England, and to give my new steed a test run. Ended up with 36 miles on my new carbon Kestrel - it was SWEET!
Great weather, new bike, riding in the daylight, what could POSSIBLY be better?
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