September 16th rides

[Flybye]

Well, the cabin is closed up snug and safe for the winter. We managed to sneak in a 24 mile ride with lots of climbing. It was a beautiful fall day - the trees are changing color and the forest smelled so wonderful. A feast for the eyes and nose!

Some great things about this ride -
#1- Dear Hubby went with me - he is catching the riding bug too - YES!!! He rode my "old" bike - Giant OCR 2 that I purchased in February. It is too small for him, but he is a toughie and really doesn't care. Man can he push my limits (both on and off the bike ) He is such a strong rider.

#2 - New personal top speed - THIRTY THREE POINT FIVE MILES PER HOUR! Okay, that is huge for me. We didn't sustain it for long and were going downhill, MAN was that fun

Anyhow, here are some pictures from the ride.

The one of the fall quaking aspens is beautiful. We didn't get rained on the enitre ride, just had the threat of rain....

[Flybye]

DB and KD put on a wonderful picnic spread to celebrate a certain someone's 40th b'day <<cough, cough>>

Woops! I missed that one! Happy Belated 40th birthday. Another personal best for you, right???

[chibiker]

55 mile group ride, then the cycling club picnic