a.m. or p.m. rides?

[Bad JuJu]

+1 for both!

Club rides on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays are in the morning, starting at 8:30 during what passes for winter down here. During the school year, my riding buddy gets home around 3:30 so we try to fit in a midweek ride or two in the afternoons.

But in the summer, club rides start at 7:30 (or 6:30 if I can get a few people to meet me at that time). And it just gets too hot for afternoon rides--the humid heat just takes it right out of me. Fortunately, being teachers, my buddy and I can do our midweek rides in the morning during the summer. I prefer that anyway--as a few of you have noted, there's often too much going on in the afternoon to fit in a ride.

[teawoman]

Both. Our club rides during the week are in the evening and in the morning on the weekends.

But I'm not really a morning person. I teach early classes, so I would have to get up at some horrific hour like 5:00 to bike to work. Someday I'll try it when I get a bit fitter, but showering, changing, putting bike away, carrying heavy books and a computer etc. is too much right now.

[bluebug32]

Riding in a straight line before my morning coffee or tea is pretty difficult. I really like to ride in the evenings--the light is perfect and I can burn off the stress of the day.

[sundial]

Went out for my first big morning ride and it was a no go. So for now, afternoon rides agree with me until further notice.