June 24 rides

[Zen]

1) I figured you'd still be up near Gettysburg
2) Sometimes, I just gotta ride alone
(What was up with that video?)

I warned you it was bad I forgot my camera could do that and that was the first time I used it.

Don't worry, if you're riding with me you'll have plenty of time to ride alone
When you ride on the canal does it ever occur to you that one false move and you're swimming with the snapping turtles?

I think of everything.

[bikerz]

Yesterday was my first time back on the bike since my slow-speed wipe-out 3 weeks ago. It was great to be back out there, and my ankle felt OK- it is generally stiff, and unclipping is still uncomfortable, but definitely do-able. I am still totally loving my new bike!

Melissam, Ace and I did the Bay Trail- 20 miles - and it was gorgeous, clear, breezy - perfect riding weather. We had our share of "slow-speed cycling skills" practice, dodging kids, dogs, etc. We had several stops so I could tweak my saddle height, and I think it is pretty well dialed in now.

And what a surprise as we got to the Richmond turn-around - who was there with her BF but the long-lost Windance! Her BF was on his brand new Specialized Roubaix, and it was his FIRST RIDE EVER! Get this - he was clipless! What a champ! No falls at all, and only one near fall, with a great save! So the 5 of us rode back to Emeryville together and had a grand time.