May 27 rides

[BikeDutchess]

Today's my birthday, so for a treat my family & I rode 7 miles up into the canyon to have brunch at a fun little restaurant. (Getting stronger at climbing is one of my goals this summer). We enjoyed a nice relaxing meal and then we wooshed back down (although in some places the wind coming up into the canyon was strong enough to make us peddle). Great fun!

My daughter did great riding, so she should do well at LRRH next week!

[SouthernBelle]

Happy, happy Birthday, Bike Dutchess!

I just rode to the grocery on Old Blue. That's gonna be it for today.

[Crankin]

Did a whopping 8.39 miles to do errands on Hoodoo Voodoo. Went to the drugstore, then down to the bike shop and perused the new stuff, bought some foccaccia at Concord Provisions. Figured out the seat is too low on this bike. Was passed by what seemed like a million roadies on Lowell Rd. I can spin up my street so slowly on this bike, I was going 6 mph, with no pain in my legs up the 15% grade.
Afterwards, I went to the nursery with my husband and bought flowers and I actually helped him plant them. A first for me (I hate gardening).

[KnottedYet]

I rode about 4 miles in the rain on my new Surly Crosscheck. There was a noise from the rear of the bike, which I think I narrowed down to the rack I put on. Attempted cure with electrical tape.

In fine Seattle High Fashion I wore black long underwear, cargo shorts, and wool shirt and jacket and helmet liner for my ride. Rain, a Surly, and long underwear sticking out from beneath your shorts... ahhh, bliss!

[Popoki_Nui]

Nice day, sunny but windy. Did my usual Victoria-Sidney jaunt, but finally talked my friend Tony into joining me. Tony recently walked in to my LBS and (with my help ) dropped almost 4K on a new Bianchi, tights, jersey, jacket, helmet, gloves...the full monty. Not bad for someone who hadn't been on a bike in 20 years. Up until now, his longest ride was 20km. Today we did 56 and change.
The boy learns quick, gotta give him that. Every time we got into a full headwind (like 60-70km/h worth), he was tucked right into my windshadow. I think I wore the poor lad out; he fell asleep in my van on the drive back out home. I think he's going to be a little sore tomorrow....
Photo: Sidney pier. Halfway point of the ride.

[pastrypam]

Did a 20+ mile ride this a.m. before work. Did a nice hill ride and loved the payback coming down the hill.

My DH just called and said he "pinged" my tires and the front one is flat. Glad I made it home before that happened. It must have been a slow leak because I never noticed it going flat.

Felt really good out there today. Two days ago I did a 16 mile ride and really struggled. It is getting hot here and I think I was not hydrated enough.

No traffic today! So much more fun to ride without all the cars. I want to go out tomorrow and enjoy the quiet streets again.

[cosc]

My 6th DS and I biked 30 miles today. Wind finally went down to 21 mph after a full week of mostly 30-40 mph winds. Today was the 1st time my son has biked with me in 7 years. Nice to have company for a change.

[makbike]

Rode day two of the Horsey Hundred in Georgetown, Kentucky. BF and I decided to tackle the 71 mile route. I'm not sure what either of us was thinking given we rode the century yesterday. The first half of the ride was great - mostly flat with slight climbs tossed in for good measure. We both felt strong and were flying along on our way to Paris, Kentucky. However, once we passed through the tiny town of Paris the route became somewhat of a monster - rollers, after roller, after rollers - it was relentless and took its toll on each of us. By the last SAG stop I was whipped and wishing I had selected one of the shorter routes but quickly reminded myself I only had 13 more miles to go. I ended up today with 71 miles, an average speed of 15.6 mph and a personal best for weekend milage (173.85 miles). My legs are tired but I feel great - two solid days of challenging rides.

[Fredwina]

I did a quick 25 down to the Chino airport and aircraft museum. Came all the way back up Eucild ave. Pretty day, except for the Late afternoon wind

[Kalidurga]

Knot, you sound so grunge

Janice, I'm sorry you're having so much bad luck with your rides lately. Take it easy on the shoulders!

I wish I could have gotten in a ride today. Family visiting from out of town = no time *sigh*

[Zen]

Went out with no particular route in mind. It was hot by the time I started so I decided to just do a sunday drive, no worries about increasing speed but I do want to get better on the downhills.

I took a road i had never been on before and ended up walking a l o o o o ng way. That was OK coz otherwise I wouldnt have seen the cool snake or the lane where I ducked down to pee.
17.5 miles
top speed 20
avg. speed 10 maybe

max: 1136ft
min: 647ft
ascent: 940ft
descent: 943ft

Yep, I live in the hills

[RolliePollie]

I made a map of most of my regular route on bikely.com (I can't get Routeslip to work on my computer). I kind of deviate from the loop and ride hither and yon if I feel like it. Like today, I added on several miles. Anyway, it is pretty neat to find out the elevation gains and such on the main section of my ride.

So here's what bikely.com says:
16.6 miles
1,433 ft. elevation gain (and of course, 1,433 ft. of descent...the fun part!)

I am very excited about the elevation part because now I can estimate my weekly climbing. I'm trying to incorporate this loop into my rides 3 times a week. That means over 4,200 feet of climbing per week (if I can manage the 3 times)...so I guess I should make myself some monthly climbing goals now?