Saturday 19 January rides

[makbike]

Too darn cold here to ride outside, brrrrrrrrrr! The Siberian Express has arrived. I logged 17.5 miles on the trainer in my warm, cozy living room.

[SouthernBelle]

I did ride. It was cold. Very cold. I wore my facemask which I only wear when it's really cold. I couldn't find my toe covers and I really, really missed them!!

My rear brakes were off center and dragging so I had to stop and center them. I got going again and as soon as I shifted they were off center again. I can't stand that dragging sound. Plus it was too darn cold to keep stopping. So I ended up turning back. At least I got in 13.42 chilly miles.

I decided that rather than fiddle with it myself, that in was time for a tuneup. My bike has never had one. So my bike is happily at the LBS and now I'm in where it's warm. I'll be without for a bit because apparently everybody else has decided to get their tuneups now too.

[Geonz]

Four degrees. 16 miles. (Windchill something below zero but that doesn't count for me because if it's in my face I pedal harder and get warmer.) Rode to my house and back and it wasn't so cold iwth the layers, so I rode out to get the computer I need from work. It was slow going with the headwind and riding the 50-pound Gazelle with studded tires on it, but it really felt wonderful. There's just something hormonally appealing about steady strong pedaling and reasonably hard breathing. The bike shop's on the way back so I stopped in there to raise the seat rather than do it in the cold and so I could sneak back to the back office and tell the guy in charge that the Xtreme jacket he gave me yesterday (Christmas present but the first try didn't fit) was working well (over another jacket, a sweatshirt, and two layers of thermals). THen a biking buddy walked in to pick up her bike and admired the jacket and looked at the one on the shelf (and I saw the pricce tag - oy ) and we rode back together. I even forgot to put the ski goggles on for a ;while and it didn't hurt. It raelly helps if it's sunny!

Oh, and it was 13 by the time I got back heat wave!

[OakLeaf]

You all are too brave for me.

No ride today (well, 3 miles RT to Pilates class and the grocery store). I got out yesterday for a 37-miler with the boys. It was about 62 degrees, cloudy and damp, and it didn't get any warmer the whole time we were out. Shorts and arm warmers (well, two of us had arm warmers, one guy left his arms bare). We stopped for breakfast, which was a mistake because we were all freezing once we started out again.

[Fredwina]

It was 45 degrees at the start! I actually had to wear full fingered gloves I almost got frostbite!!
Back to reality we had our "three club" ride. with Cycling Connection, Riverside Bicycle club, and the Redlands Water Bottle Transit Co.(Yes, that's the clubs name)
We met in Riverside and rode to park. The group I was with was a little slow (plenty of hills) and I have a 300K in a month. so I took off on my own and went to Corona and back.
Had about 50 - I wanted to do a metric, but didn't have enough time

[KathiCville]

BF and I did 14 miles yesterday on the spur of the moment. Temps were about 30, light wind, at 3 pm. I was pretty comfortable in my oh-so-carefully-selected layers, but my BF (who usually rides a MTB) didn't have quite enough on his legs to keep him warm. So he opted out at about mile 10 and I kept going. I needed just 4 more miles to bring my year-to-date odometer to 100 mi........The mileage meter turned over to an even 100 just as I pulled up to my truck, yay!! ........

[Veronica]

I rode with the NorCal Bike forums group yesterday. We did just over 45 miles. After an initial climb, the first 20 miles were pretty flat. We were flying! Then after lunch, came 11 miles of rollers. Next at mile 31 a four mile climb. The first mile's average grade of about 9%. Overall average for the climb, 6.8%. It was beautiful climb though, nice pavement, very few cars, a nice mixture of sun and shade, views off to the Pacific Ocean.

Veronica

[IFjane]

BF and I did 14 miles yesterday on the spur of the moment. Temps were about 30, light wind, at 3 pm. I was pretty comfortable in my oh-so-carefully-selected layers, but my BF (who usually rides a MTB) didn't have quite enough on his legs to keep him warm. So he opted out at about mile 10 and I kept going. I needed just 4 more miles to bring my year-to-date odometer to 100 mi........The mileage meter turned over to an even 100 just as I pulled up to my truck, yay!! ........

Kathi, you are my idol! Way too cold for me - I logged 24 miles on the trainer instead, then did some core work. Today I changed it up and ran 30 minutes on the elliptical, then did weight training & core work. I will probably get back on the trainer tomorrow.