What Organized Ride Will You Be Riding In This Weekend?

[Trek420]

I wish them the best of luck. At least they have one beautiful bike for the journey.

Yep. Sometimes the excitement of the ride, camraderie (sp?) on the road, communing with other cyclists, plus the beautiful California scenery and doing it all for an important cause and we can accomplish amazing stuff.

Cross posted from the ALC thread here, here's more bike porn. This rider has a unique way of saying "get yer hands off my puhrty bike"

[pll]

I ended riding the 62 miles, which turned to be 66, after missing a turn. It a beautiful day, sunny and warm, my first day riding with short sleeves and shorts -- some good progress restoring the cycling suntan lines . The route was great, with long stretches of road between farms (my camera is too big to fit in my jersey or saddle bag, but I wish I had taken many pictures). There were gradual climbs that were a bit exhausting for me, without any significant hill anywhere near home, but there were also extended downhills. I managed to go over the 30mph mark on one of them. My average speed, though, as 14.4mph...

At the end of the ride, for those who visited the link from yesterday, there is a "pasta dinner"... so after changing like Houdini in my car into dry clothes, and placing the bike in the rack, I had some dinner around 3pm and drove home. I would definitely do this ride again and recommend it.

[Trek420]

This is Mr. CarolP's view of their tandem on ALC. At least I hope it is because I penned a note you see clipped there wishing them tailwinds and a great ride.

Carolp's top tube has a rubber chicken and it looks like it enjoys the ride.

[Susan126]

I ended riding the 62 miles, which turned to be 66, after missing a turn. It a beautiful day, sunny and warm, my first day riding with short sleeves and shorts -- some good progress restoring the cycling suntan lines . The route was great, with long stretches of road between farms (my camera is too big to fit in my jersey or saddle bag, but I wish I had taken many pictures). There were gradual climbs that were a bit exhausting for me, without any significant hill anywhere near home, but there were also extended downhills. I managed to go over the 30mph mark on one of them. My average speed, though, as 14.4mph...

At the end of the ride, for those who visited the link from yesterday, there is a "pasta dinner"... so after changing like Houdini in my car into dry clothes, and placing the bike in the rack, I had some dinner around 3pm and drove home. I would definitely do this ride again and recommend it.

Wonderful pll! I'm happy to hear that you did the ride and 66 miles to boot! It sounds like you had a great ride, on a beautiful day, with gorgeous scenery, and to finish it all up with a delicious meal! 14.4 mph on a 66 mile ride with hills is awesome! You should be proud of yourself! Way to go!

Sorry to say I did not get a ride in this weekend. The weather was just too miserable for me. I did go for a hike with my daughter this afternoon. That was it! Hopefully this coming weekend will be better!