Sunday, August 19 Ride Reports

[Aggie_Ama]

We had a planned a 80 mile ride to get back into riding after being off most of the last two weeks (I was sick and we had a lot of conflicts). The ride was going great and even the strong headwind wasn't bugging me that much. Although it was 90 degrees by 11:00 we still felt very good because of the wind. Then at mile 31 my tire exploded. We booted the tire with a power bar wrapper and rode 5 miles back to the town we just went through and called my parents. Bless my parents for driving almost 40 miles to pick us up. My dad rolled down the window and said "Did some one call a SAG wagon?" We took them out to lunch for their trouble.

[sandra]

Sara, at Bike Nashbar do a search for "Halt". There's also a holder that fits your handlebars. This might help with the dog problem.

[7rider]

Did the shop ride again this a.m. with DH. Well, I showed up with him, and I left with him, but I didn't exactly ride with him! He rode with the fast group. I rode with my peeps on the B-ride. A bunch of us got separated from the main group at a traffic light, so there were only seven of us on Clara Barton Parkway, which was great for practicing a pace line. We almost looked like we knew what we were doing!
Talk of dogs reminded me of this: I dropped into Rock Creek Park for an extra 9 miles or so, and hooked up with 2 guys from the B-ride. Coming out of the park, we encountered something I have never seen there....packs of people walking dogs. Sure, I've seen people walking dogs before....but never travelling in groups (20-30 strong) before. It was a dog walking club or something. Weird. Happily, all were leashed.
37.4 miles at 17.9 mph.