Christmas Rides

[PamNY]

Sun and 42 degrees were a nice change today. Encountered more mud and muck than I usually do in the city, but maybe my bike enjoyed something other than standard urban grime. It was a great start for Christmas day.

Pam

[msincredible]

It was cold and windy and a bit rainy, but I managed to get in 30 miles.

[malkin]

25 min. on the rollers.

Too much snow and blow out there for me.

[RoadRaven]

Since we started cycling (about 5 years ago - only mountain bikes for the first year) we have tried to all (sevn of us, we have 5 children) do a ride together on Christmas Day.

This year only 5 of us went as my daughter hasn't ridden for a year - she has taken up running - and my youngest (13) doesn't want to ride a road bike at the moment.

So myself, my partner and our three eldest sons went for an 11km ride together, then my eldest went home and the others went over some hills while I rode back and forth over a 3km false flat and waited for them. Soppy as it sounds, I just wanted to finish the ride with my partner (I've been with him more than half my life and I just didn't want to go home without him).

So eldest got 11km, partner and other 2 sons got 45km, and I got 35km.

Then we went home and ate chocolate - a supreme indulgence for my partner and I.


EDIT: Pssst... I forgot to mention it was about 30'C (I think thats over 80'F)... beautiful, balmy... no sign of snow... ahhhh - Summer in the Antipodes >;p

[sundial]

It was one of the pretty and sunny days we had all week. I got home from my parents and took Niki for a spin in the neighborhood. We went by the new horsies on the block.