April 29 Ride Reports

[Velobambina]

The sun is rising earlier. Left the house around 5:30 and I could adjust the headlight from "see" to "be seen" after about a half hour. Did my usual Sunday ride--43 miles. It was a chilly 49 degrees at the start, but the humidity kept the edge off. Cool mornings keep the fair weather crowd inside, waitng for it to warm up. Memorable moment of this ride: A bird pooped on my face. Actually, on my lower lip. That was my most disgusting bike moment I've had to date (thank goodness I wiped it off, even though I initially thought it was just a drop of water).

[deedolce]

Did 36 miles with a nasty crosswind almost the entire way. Not as many riders out, mostly the orange and blue jerseys of the race team. I kept ahead of a pace line of 4 for a couple of miles before they they reeled me in and spit me out. Blue jersey had the best calves. White jersey had the best view from behind. But Red jersey beat them all for my #1 Eyecandy of the day, because he smiled and said 'hello' .