June 2 Ride Reports

[meridian]

I got in a solo flat 75 today. Started out around 10:30 and finished in just under 5 hours ride time, w/ a pit stop at a gas station Subway for a turkey sandwich .

Was a nice day... breezy, partly cloudy, and between 70-85 degrees (start to finish).

I rode within feet of a feeding vulture, and had a couple other impressive bird experiences, it was cool =)

Avg 15.5
Max 26
Total 74.84
Time 4hr 50min

[7rider]

Well, neither a long nor fast ride here.
DH and I did a 10 mile loop on Rosaryville SP's singletrack after spending the better part of the day in Clarendon, VA at the CSC Invitational.
Caught the tail end of the women's race and most of the men's race.
Here are some pics of the event. I hope to get more up on Photobucket soon.
DH is all fired up no to burn up the road tomorrow on the shop ride. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

[Geonz]

Yea, those pictures look pretty sluggish to me :P

Saunterly rides today - my group ride for 20 miles and then another 18 or so with the errands of life. My fourth day with no car, as if I would have even considered using it.

Did "Kid's Safety" day and sold helmets adn bought one for myself since the Flower Power one was my size I'm not even going to take the Fisher-PRice sticker off...

[makbike]

I rode 22 miles today between running into Louisville for "stuff" and cleaning out my basement for the major repairs that start on Monday. I struggled most of the ride, never found a comfortable cadence. I swear something is rubbing or not turning properly on my bike for I feel a lot of resistance that has not been there previously. I think I'll ask BF to work on it while I'm recovering from my surgery. Maybe something needs to be lubed or repacked I don't know but something ain't right on my little blue bike.

[Aggie_Ama]

We did 57 miles from Burnet, TX to Lampasas, TX and back. It is starting to get hot, so we really will have to start getting on the road in the morning. I enjoyed the ride but there were a lot of low water crossings that were actually covered due to heavy rains the last few weeks. My poor bike will be clean thoroughly tomorrow. We also added 3 miles because the cut off was closed due to flooding.

Forgot to add my personal milestone- finally hit 1,000 miles for the year. My goal is 3,500, so I better keep up with the riding. Good for me that I will still be able to ride December 31!!

[Melalvai]

If I hadn't done a century a few weeks ago, the 50 miles yesterday would have been my PR.

[IFjane]

I'm late posting this but wanted to share our wonderful ride with you all. SO and I went out for 70 miles on Saturday. The temperature was about 90F by the time we finished and the humidity was off the charts but the ride was still so much fun. We saw so many baby animals! A one-week-old donkey - I could have taken it home with me, it was SOOOOO cute! Six baby geese, two baby goats and....the highlight of the ride - a mama bear and two tiny cubs! They were right beside the road and we were riding very slowly because we were climbing. We came around a turn and heard a crash in the woods to our left. We looked, and mom was jumping into the thicket. The two cubs dashed up a tree and watched us ride by. OMG were they precious!! I didn't have a camera and probably would not have chanced stopping to take a picture anyway. I was dreading the climb up that mountain but after the bears the climb wasn't so bad.

[Geonz]

Oh, that's so kewl
My brother was playing in the Rapidan River a couple years ago with his kids and he looked over and there was a cub ambling over towards his 7-yo daughter! He went and scooped her up about the same time the bear batted her into the water (seemed to want to play... she was about the right size, eh?) and scooted back to the cabins and the bear followed and climbed on the roof to munch out on the bugs in the shingles... I'm glad these guys decided to be scared of you! (And the kiddo was pretty freaked but got over it - after all, Daddy *did* save the day!)

[IFjane]

Oh, that's so kewl
My brother was playing in the Rapidan River a couple years ago with his kids and he looked over and there was a cub ambling over towards his 7-yo daughter! He went and scooped her up about the same time the bear batted her into the water (seemed to want to play... she was about the right size, eh?) and scooted back to the cabins and the bear followed and climbed on the roof to munch out on the bugs in the shingles... I'm glad these guys decided to be scared of you! (And the kiddo was pretty freaked but got over it - after all, Daddy *did* save the day!)

Yay for Daddy! Wow Sue - we've seen lots of bears through the years but never had quite the close encounter your brother and his daughter had! We are fortunate that the black bears we have are generally pretty docile, even if they are destructive. The river looked awfully tempting on Saturday - if it hadn't been for the prospect of riding the rest of the way home with wet feet, I might have jumped in!