november 23 rides, SUNDAY!

[buddha_bellies]

Beautiful sunny day for a ride in Vancouver today too! My BF and another friend did 65 km today. Had lunch in Stevenston and saw many other cyclists around too. There were 4 people who must've been in their 80's!! WOW! I hope when I'm at that age, I can still ride like them.

[7rider]

Lots going on with the Shop ride and shop ride alums today.
MDHillSlug promised to join.
A friend of mine picked up her new Seven ID8 yesterday, and I'm dying to see it.
The morning broke sunny but COLD! At 7 a.m., the thermometer read a balmy 21 degrees!
Whiiiine.
Call MDHS..."Uh...Hill? You still goin'?" "I'm loading my bike on the car now."
Oh....no 10 a.m. ride, huh?
Nope. After debating back and forth with DH (we DO have winter bike attire, incidently, we just CHOOSE not to wear it! ), we decide to go for it. If Hill can do it, we can too.
Texted my friend with the ID8. No response.
So, we, and about 40 other nut cases went off on the ride.
My friend with the ID8 never showed. She slept in!
29 miles in what had to be one of my coldest rides. Brrr.... Definitely glad I put the AmFib tights on!
Oh...and all day, we've been tracking the progress of our friend who's doing the Ford Ironman Arizona in Tempe (where it's sunny and mid-70's! HA!). And, another friend busted his collar bone at a 'cross race (actually, the warm up lap). Ye-ouch!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

It was only 12F degrees at 7am here, and never got over 28F....too cold to ride really. No walking more than a mile or so either for me for a few more days to rest my complaining knee.
I did walk a mile this morning at 15F back and forth to breakfast though.
I vacuumed the whole house today as a form of masochistic exercise.

It's COLD!!!!!!!

[ASammy1]

Based on my reaction to the cold yesterday... I decided to take it easy today (even though it was beautiful out!) and rode 22 miles on the trainer.

[redrhodie]

Cycling-Sarah, her husband and I got together for our usual Sunday morning ride. It was the coldest day for me so far, in the mid 20s when I left. I almost decided not to go, but once on the bike, I felt great. I was extra peppy for some reason. I really like the cold. I rode around 36 miles.

At the end of the ride, a herd of deer crossed the road in front of me. I could hear them running along side me in the tall beach grass, and it was a little nerve wracking. It's the most active time of year for deer accidents. Getting hit by one while riding would not be good (though it would make this post a little more exciting ).

[Aggie_Ama]

Odd that I am only 90-120 miles north of Trisk and I thought it to be an UGLY day. Grey, muggy, grey. But we did the 15 mile dog ride after taking car of errands. I hate winter and cloudy days and foggy grossness. It wasn't the worst on mugginess but it looked like pea soup out in the morning. By our 3:00 ride it had burned off some but it was still grey, no sunshine yesterday we did clear lenses. Nice parts was it was about 65-70 degrees and we saw baby goats right before downtown. I do love baby goats. Oh and the red oaks are changing and we almost look like we get fall in Texas. Today it is supposed to be sunny and Wednesday when I get off work early.

[Triskeliongirl]

Interesting Aggie-Ama. You know the day was gray here too, but there is something really special about riding up river road when its not tubing season. It had a very surreal look (i wish i had brought a camera although there is no way the group I was with would have stopped for a picture...) with the foliage fairly colorful (for texas that is) running all along the river, it was just so beautiful. And then the temperature was just so perfect, 60s all the way, not too hot not too cold. I also was feeling really strong, cuz its a fairly hilly ride but I was able to keep up with a group that I don't always stay with, and that felt good too. I forgot to say we did 32 miles. Felt like I could have done more, but we were worried about traffic so we just did the out and back on river road. I like our club rides in the 'off-season'. They get a bit less competitive, fewer folks show up so fewer groups form, and people stay together more. It was just a great combination of scenary, climate, and people.

Odd that I am only 90-120 miles north of Trisk and I thought it to be an UGLY day. Grey, muggy, grey. But we did the 15 mile dog ride after taking car of errands. I hate winter and cloudy days and foggy grossness. It wasn't the worst on mugginess but it looked like pea soup out in the morning. By our 3:00 ride it had burned off some but it was still grey, no sunshine yesterday we did clear lenses. Nice parts was it was about 65-70 degrees and we saw baby goats right before downtown. I do love baby goats. Oh and the red oaks are changing and we almost look like we get fall in Texas. Today it is supposed to be sunny and Wednesday when I get off work early.

[HillSlugger]

Lots going on with the Shop ride and shop ride alums today.
MDHillSlug promised to join.
A friend of mine picked up her new Seven ID8 yesterday, and I'm dying to see it.
The morning broke sunny but COLD! At 7 a.m., the thermometer read a balmy 21 degrees!
Whiiiine.
Call MDHS..."Uh...Hill? You still goin'?" "I'm loading my bike on the car now."
Oh....no 10 a.m. ride, huh?
Nope. After debating back and forth with DH (we DO have winter bike attire, incidently, we just CHOOSE not to wear it! ), we decide to go for it. If Hill can do it, we can too.
Texted my friend with the ID8. No response.
So, we, and about 40 other nut cases went off on the ride.
My friend with the ID8 never showed. She slept in!
29 miles in what had to be one of my coldest rides. Brrr.... Definitely glad I put the AmFib tights on!
Oh...and all day, we've been tracking the progress of our friend who's doing the Ford Ironman Arizona in Tempe (where it's sunny and mid-70's! HA!). And, another friend busted his collar bone at a 'cross race (actually, the warm up lap). Ye-ouch!

That was definitely the coldest temp I've ever started a ride in but it was no reason to try to kill me! That ride really kicked my butt. I just couldn't keep up but 7 was kind enough to drop off the back and stay with me. I have no doubt she could have held on if it wasn't for me.

As hard as it was, it's just the sort of ride I need to try if I want to get stronger and faster. So, I really need to commit to doing this ride at least once a month. There, I've said it and you can hold me to it!

[Aiacha]

Sunday was a wonderful day for a ride here. 8am start for the Bike the Bend ride in Richmond, TX. Lovely, mild, calm, slightly overcast weather with the occassional sun peeking out made it perfect! Noticed a lot of people wearing their arm and leg warmers, or windbreakers. By 8am, none of that was needed. Wind picked up around 9:30 or so, and of course it was coming from the southeast, so right into it on the way to the finish. Not bad, but got you to work a little more

[edit]Oh, and I did 32 miles, since I was sick last week...

[7rider]

As hard as it was, it's just the sort of ride I need to try if I want to get stronger and faster. So, I really need to commit to doing this ride at least once a month. There, I've said it and you can hold me to it!

Sweeet!!! It's a matter of public record now! You gotta go!!