4/19 rides

[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