8 July Rides

[Fredwina]

For once, I didn't start the thread
since it's now "merely" 90 degrees and I had a meeting i wanted to attend this this PM, I got up early and got on the road at a 7AM. did one of my Favorite loops, out Bonita and back Baseline. I had some spare time, so I climbed up Benson in Upland and came down Campus to Baseline/16th where I pulled in to the parkling lot of Saint Mark's Episcopal.
We have a bulletin board with pics of all the members of our parish. The job of church photographer has changed, and the new guy is an avid cyclist. I keep trying to get him and his wife out on their tandem at the club ride. Hey, my own post went OT! Anyway, Don wanted to replace my Pic with one of moi in biking regalia. so I posed, The only thing was we did inside and I thought afterwards we should have done one by the church sign.
I had some extra time, so I took the long way home. Almost stopped by the Coffee shop that's our "HQ" to see if any of the biking "Heathens" we hanging out but I didn't. Came up with about 35 miles

[RolliePollie]

Ahhhh, sprinklers! I rode by a vineyard today and they had their aerial rainbirds going. They were doing a great job of watering the road, so I took advantage of it and circled around several times until I was quite wet. Next was a 2 mile downhill stretch. What a great cool down!

It was just a typical solo training ride for me today. 21.6 miles, pretty uneventful. I passed three other cyclists on an uphill and I was kind of excited about that.

[Crankin]

Since I spent all morning at the vet hospital getting my cat looked at, by the time we came home, read the paper, ate lunch, it was hot and humid, so i decided that the 16 mile loop would be fine. It was. We passed another couple who seemed to be going a bit faster than us, but I guess they weren't! I was able to stay in the big ring and keep my speed over 18 the whole way on the back side of the loop on Lowell Rd. My average was just over 16 until I began the climb up my street, so I ended up with 15.6, I think.
I just finished doing about another 1.5 tons of rocks for the landscaping. It started pouring, so I decided it was time to come in.

[Aggie_Ama]

We did 54 miles combining two short loops we do. There is a lot of hills and we had a head wind on one of the hilly roads. I impressed myself by only needing my little ring for the toughest climb! It was pretty hot today but the wind made it feel cooler. The sweat was at least evaporating fast. I ended with an average speed of 15.2 which suited me fine since we did a climbing ride yesterday and had the hills and headwind today. I saw a roadrunner and tons of butterflies. Made me think of LBTC.

[KnottedYet]

26 mile TE ride on the Waterford.
10 mile hilly ride on the Surly.

I'm utterly pooped. Having a post-ride snack (crackers, cheese, pickled herring, beer). Then I'm taking a nap.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Everyone's rides sound so lovely today!!

DH and I had a nice pleasant 20 mile ride this morning too. It was 90 degrees but there was a breeze and shade here and there under the trees.

I set a new speed record for myself (previous was 39mph)- I finally hit 40.1 mph on a descent.
Woo-HOOOOOOO! The best part was that I felt in control and wasn't scared at all this time. Big difference from past times at 35mph when I was usually pretty nervous. This particular hill is long and smooth with very good visibility, so it's a good one for speed.
First we have to "earn" it by slowly climbing a couple miles of rough gravel hill through beautiful farmland in the blasting sun. Then we get to the top and the dirt road ends in a T and we can ZOOM down the smooth asphalt road towards another village.

[BikerJen]

18 miles on road bike today. It was around 85°F for my ride. I rode from home towards downtown. Overall I was pleased with my efforts, especially since I was riding a new saddle! A Selle San Marco Aspide. I like it!

Also rode 12 miles on mountain bike yesterday. I'm ready for a nap now.