March 31st rides

**Fredwina** · 03-31-2007, 02:28 PM

I had to lead the short club ride, It was a fairly small turnout. I had none lady was a bit slower, but we hung together and had 22 miles before we knew it. Hung around the coffee shop for bit, then took off. I wen two block, and head a loud "bang" My rear tube went and blew the tire off the rim

I took me a while to get the tire soon on my way. I climbed part of th way up Mt. Baldy, and then went and visited a pretty park in La Verne (I didn't see Shirley, though

) we talking on the train about some trees that are bloom right now. I thought from a a distance that they were pink dogwoods, Well, it turn out they weren't

Sorry, I didn't have my camera. I then headed home with 63 more miles than when I left

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 03-31-2007, 02:37 PM

I did a 20 mile ride after breakfast, sunny and forty degrees, very nice!

This afternoon DH and i did some major bike fixing/cleaning. Actually took off our chains and degreased them, scrubbed the gears, etc. All sparkling clean now.

I retaped and hemp-twined my handlebar and then shellacked the cork tape with 3 coats. (I had removed the tape from 1/2 the bar in order to replace the stem a couple weeks ago) Looks great now.
Helped DH with his tape end twining as well...he's now shellacking too.

**makbike** · 03-31-2007, 02:45 PM

BF and I took part in the long club ride this morning. It started in Ramsey, Indiana and wandered about the beautiful countryside. The day started off chilly and damp and I questioned my sanity. As the day progressed the sun poked through the gray clouds and temperatures began to climb into the 70's and I finally warmed up some. Unfortunately with the sun came the wind and I felt like I spent a lot of time fighting it. That said, it was a great day to be on the bike. The redbuds are starting to bloom so the rural roads we traveled were painted in purple. We also took in some other neat sights: turkey buzzards, red tail hawks, kittens, lots of dogs (my favorite being the three legged coon hound who bayed as we passed), wild turkey and lots of cows and horses. I also spied some beautiful wildflowers along the road. We took in some spring beauties, Virginia bluebells and anemones. Traffic was light which only added to the great day. We (BF and I) had initially said we would only ride the 66 mile course but as the day progressed we both decided to go for the 82 miles offered. The hills were minimal (a blessing as far as I'm concerned) and there was lots of flat roads (which I also see as a blessing). The pace was great and I seemed to settle in quickly to nice cadence. I tried to keep it somewhere around 95 today. My average speed for the 84 miles ended up at 15.6 mph which was the icing on the cake. A great day no matter how you looked at it - nice weather, great company, super roads/route, a wonderful pace, and a great wildlife show put on by mother nature.

**mimitabby** · 03-31-2007, 02:45 PM

Met KnottedYet and my DS's GF and we rode 24 miles. Knot rode her first 12 before she met us, and rode back with us on our outbound, and went home.

It was really cold 42 degrees and rainy when we started but slowly but surely it warmed up and dried up, and on the last 1/3 of the ride, there were (gasp) sunbreaks!

**Triskeliongirl** · 03-31-2007, 02:58 PM

Wow, its amazing to read that where some of you are riding it is still in the 40s. We had a georgeous day high 70s to low 80s. We had flash floods last night, so we bagged the club ride on 'river road', worried about the river flooding, and instead met a smaller group of riders from our club to ride from leon springs to boerne (tx hill country). However, as we were nearly back in the road was blocked as the cibolo creek had risen to cover the road, so we had to back track to boerne, and come in on boerne stage rd. So, I got in a bit more mileage than I planned, but it was such a beautiful day I didn't mind at all.

**mimitabby** · 03-31-2007, 03:01 PM

Trisk, we could have weather in the 40's in June!
A common lament is that we never get to show off our cool jerseys that we are wearing because we never take off our raincoats!

**SouthernBelle** · 03-31-2007, 03:03 PM

Took a nice ride today and saw lots of pretty flowers, some goats, horses, cows and hills. Lotsa hills.

Went to Watertown, TN where they were hosting the tourist train which happens several times a year. This one was apparently in honor of Easter.

Got in 45.02 Miles, average wasn't so good thanks to the hills, but got some good speeds on the descents anyway. I could go faster if I didn't look at the speedometer and get freaked.

**Wahine** · 03-31-2007, 04:50 PM

DH and I headed out east again today to a drier area. We met up with another couple who finally made it out for a ride with us. Yipppppeeeee, I'm finally making new cycling friends here.

We rode a lovely 33 mi on rural roads with some moderate climbing. We saw a heron, pheasants, ducks, redtailed hawks, swallows, blackbirds...

and 2 squished baby rattle snakes on the road!!

The locals just said, "Yup, those ain't garter snakes."

We had a great time and now DH is napping on the couch. He's sleepy.

**Veronica** · 03-31-2007, 05:46 PM

We rode up Mt. Tam, which is just north of San Francisco. I love this ride. The views are amazing. I was not having a good day - my legs were strangely fatigued. But it was a gorgeous day and I was with my honey.

V.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 03-31-2007, 05:57 PM

Gorgeous photos!!
Is that your Legolas or your Rambouillet? Hard to tell whether it's orange or red from a distance...

**Veronica** · 03-31-2007, 06:03 PM

It's the Rambouillet. I swear I could feel that extra five pounds all day! But I'm signed up for a double century 5/12 so I need to get myself ready for it, which means riding the heavier bike.

V.

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 03-31-2007, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Veronica

It's the Rambouillet. I swear I could feel that extra five pounds all day! But I'm signed up for a double century 5/12 so I need to get myself ready for it, which means riding the heavier bike.

V.

Double century?! HOLY COW!!!!

**Aggie_Ama** · 03-31-2007, 07:20 PM

Isn't it sad that I am describing the ride today like that? After realizing we were having gorgeous day (70ish, little wind) I told DH I was up for 50 miles. BIG MISTAKE. I have been fighting a UTI (I know TMI and yes I am seeing a doctor Monday), but I honestly thought until I rode it had taken care of itself. About 20 miles into the ride I started to feel like "I MUST GO NOW." The best part is it was pretty much too late to turn back, we were about halfway in and about 1.5 hours from the nearest person who could come get us. To top it off we were in the middle of nowhere and I couldn't wait for a friend to come get me, so I rode in agony. We rode 4 miles to a gas station hoping it was normal potty needs, nope. Back on the bike and still feeling like I had to go. Great, then my knees started swelling. Then we finally get to what felt like the home stretch and got stuck waiting for them to Star Flight someone out who ran their motorcyle into the back of a truck pulling a boat. That was a 30 minute delay, hopefully they recover it was awful to see their motorcycle buddies so distraught. We finally got home to a warm bath and ice cream.

**Wahine** · 03-31-2007, 07:31 PM

Ooooooooo. AA, that sounds terrible. As I was reading your post, I started to get sympathy "I gotta go now!!" sensations. I used to get UTI very frequently, but thank goodness, I seem to have grown out of them.

Veronica, you are a climbing goddess.

**mimitabby** · 03-31-2007, 07:47 PM

Aggie, you take the grand prize on excruciating rides... get thee some cranberry juice and drink it all the way to your doctor's office!!

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