Sunday, 1/7/07 ride

[Geonz]

I rode 1.7 miles today 'cause I didn't sleep last night 'cause of some allergy issues so I slept in today (sorry, kittens, I'm sleeping alone at MY HOUSE for the rest of Pete and Marge's road trip). Welp, it's raining, too.

But I got the Gazelle flat fixed Not efficiently, but now I knokw how to do it (thanks, prestonjb on BJ who knew how to release the brake, which was easy ... if you knew...)

[Meaux]

Just a short 5.5 mile ride today. We ate a HUGE lunch after church, but the weather was too nice to NOT go out and ride. A loverly leisurely ride did me some good.

[Crankin]

My ride was a 2.5 mile walk with husband, son #1, and his girlfriend. It was gorgeous out. I wanted to ride, but Steve made me rest after our crash on Saturday. He was right, because I feel much better today. Saw at least 10 cyclists on Strawberry Hill Rd., 2 who were riding abreast and not letting a car pass on this very narrow, curvy down hill. This is why people dislike cyclists. My family made me refrain from yelling at them...

[DeniseGoldberg]

Another beautiful non-January day tempted my bike and me. The temperature was 24 degrees colder than yesterday - 44 (Fahrenheit) when I headed out today - but that's still very warm for January (and very easy to dress for!). It was windy again, but with the reasonable temperature the wind didn't cause any comfort problems.

My ride was somewhat shorter today (than yesterday) at 28 miles. Riding, looking around, I saw something that surprised me. I was rolling through a neighborhood not too far from home when I saw a field with two animals - llamas maybe? Funny because it was in a residential area, definitely worth a quick stop for a photo!

[SouthernBelle]

Another beautiful non-January day tempted my bike and me. The temperature was 24 degrees colder than yesterday - 44 (Fahrenheit) when I headed out today - but that's still very warm for January (and very easy to dress for!). It was windy again, but with the reasonable temperature the wind didn't cause any comfort problems.

My ride was somewhat shorter today (than yesterday) at 28 miles. Riding, looking around, I saw something that surprised me. I was rolling through a neighborhood not too far from home when I saw a field with two animals - llamas maybe? Funny because it was in a residential area, definitely worth a quick stop for a photo!

Yes those are llamas. I have a regular route past a llama farm and I often stop to try and tempt then to the fence. Only one will come up to me but she won't let me pet her.

[DeniseGoldberg]

Yes those are llamas. I have a regular route past a llama farm and I often stop to try and tempt then to the fence. Only one will come up to me but she won't let me pet her.

Thanks for the confirmation. It's always nice to know when I guess correctly!

[PinkBike]

the flier says: "why do we ride 100 miles in january? because we can." DH and i rode the 100 mile Casa Grande Century. it was a little nippy at first, but at the halfway we shed all our outergarments, but then faced headwinds for the whole return. DH flatted once, luckily i was able to boot his tire and put in a new tube and still go on. then it blew out again (tire was trashed!) and he got sagged the last 25 miles, i rode in alone. felt good to get the first century in!!
bad news:
just a few miles into the ride, one of our riders got hit by a car which then sped off. the details are real sketchy, but he was in a small group in the bike lane on the highway which has very light traffic, somehow veered into traffic (maybe hitting the rumble strips in the bike lane), got hit by a car, the car didnt stop and we have only bits of info on the vehicle from another driver who saw and followed the car. the word in the at the sag stops was that he didnt survive. i'm trying to find out the details.
makes ya think, huh?

[SheFly]

... 2 who were riding abreast and not letting a car pass on this very narrow, curvy down hill. This is why people dislike cyclists. My family made me refrain from yelling at them...

Robyn - I think I passed these two on Strawberry Hill Rd. I was coming up on them quickly, with a car coming behind and they were not only 2 abreast, but taking up the WHOLE ROAD . I called out that there was a "car back" and fell in line behind them to let the car pass. The woman in the back, as I called out "good morning" grumbled about the car needing to pass...

Glad you feel better, BTW.

SheFly

[mtkitchn]

Got my first 100k ride for the year at the Casa Grande Century. I'm feeling it today!