4/19 rides

[Geonz]

Wanted to get a.m. miles in and got out of the bed... but got serially distracted. Note to self: Drink the tea first. However, I *did* remember that breathing stuff and got some laundry sorted.
Rode out to my 9:00 ride to lead and NOBODY was there. The 8:00 group's cars were there (about four of them) ... 8:57 and... four riders come drifting in and they are NOT saunterers. I steel myself for trying to do the pace they'd suffer me to do with me along on the Xtracycle and getting a dyno-mite workout... and we chat... I consider begging off 'cause I'm rpetty sure they'd rather go faster.. and then get my excuse as not one, but THREE riders drift in, one new young guy (as in 14) on a fast bike but *no* experience except on the trainer, one fella about my speed and one coming-back-after-ten-years lady on a hybrid.
We ignore the drizzle (47 degrees) and take off... average at the end was 8.6 mph. for 20 miles.
I get home and no, I *can't* find my fanny pack so I hop on the folder and sprint out to school and back 'cause it was there 13 peppy miles.

[chicago]

wow, what a great ride today. the boyfriend and i went out a bit later this morning hoping to avoid the rain, but we got hit on the 20 miles back... but that's okay, i need the rain practice for our bike tour.

so we ended up with 45 miles... and I tried out my new Cobra aero bars and they rock I like my new saddle (Terry Butterfly), so that's good... so I think I'm good for this year on bike components... at least this week

oh and on another note... I'm glad to be a part of this site because it seems alot of you talk about your SO's and husbands in your posts, and alot of you do riding with your SO's and husbands. On another forum where I posted, I was asked "why do you bring up your boyfriend in every post?" ... and I wrote back "because he's a part of my life everday, therefore he's usually a part of my daily posts". Why did I even have to defend myself?, sad I was pretty hurt by that... apparently good relationships are not something they want to hear about... oh well.

[jesvetmed]

Oh... you guys with your decent weather! Nice reading about it. I ventured out today -- the sun broke through and I got very brave. Even left the shoe covers at home. MISTAKE! Made it 18 miles... hit rain, sleet AND hail, along with cold and strong winds. YIKES Not what I had in mind. I've been home 30 minutes and still my big right toe is numb! What an idiot I was!? A day with coach Troy may have been better.

But... had I not gone, I would have missed seeing the lambs with their moms, the blue heron that flew right over me, the doe that crossed in front of me, that weird-looking bird I have to look up (do we actually have vultures here, b/c it looked like one!), and the thrill of the hot latte my hubby met me with at the end of the ride. NEVER HAS COFFEE TASTED BETTER! He had impeccable timing today! So, next time I hope I can do a longer ride, in nicer weather. But for today, a sense of accomplishment. As soon as I can feel my extremeties I will pat myself on the back!

Here's hoping the rest of you had better rides today!

[Jenerator]

Mid-week snows have melted, so back to shorts & sleeveless jersey for today's 55 mile meander.


Wind, my constant riding companion.


At least the views were nice


But it was a little crowded


So I took the road less traveled

[Fredwina]

I did 62 miles, again
This may be a bummer
we had visitor from Redding join us on our club ride.
I actually made it to the regroup before mt Baldy before everyone left!
I stopped to change my glasses,and everyone left
I was coming down Euclid Avenue, and a Firefighter was in the middle of the road waving for me to stop.
The Guy from redding was laying out cold in the middle of the street
You can easily 50-60 mph on this descent. He developed a speed wobble and locked his front brakes. He would up being airlifted to Loma Linda.
Since I don't deal well with blood and gore, I rode back to notify the rest of the gang what had transpire> I then rode to San Dimas to get a metric. I talked with a couple of women riders (didn't get their names. Punish me!) before heading home
San Antonio Dam:

The Crash triage group heading in:

The URL on the bus: repobustour.com:

[Geonz]

Yea, that's a bummer

Shrinks the bummedness of people leaving when you change yer glasses... but that's a bummer too. It's just a thing, though - we still talk about the time my buddy was changing his shirt, and sprinkles started, and the whole group took off like bats from Hades as if they MIGHT avoid getting wet.

Poor blighter. HOPE it's something he can fully recover from.

[Fredwina]

Yea, that's a bummer

Shrinks the bummedness of people leaving when you change yer glasses... but that's a bummer too. It's just a thing, though - we still talk about the time my buddy was changing his shirt, and sprinkles started, and the whole group took off like bats from Hades as if they MIGHT avoid getting wet.

Poor blighter. HOPE it's something he can fully recover from.

I just heard he's been declared Brain dead