Sunday 3/22 rides

[sundial]

Wacky, what a beautiful place to ride. And your bike is so striking! Just curious, are those mustache handlebars?

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

DH and I rode 24 miles this morning after breakfast. A cloudy day, it was 35F when we started, and 40F when we finished. Rather cold but it was good to get riding again after this bizarre winter.

[Tri Girl]

Beautiful pictures, ladies! Wacky- what a lovely park- and sundial- great pic of the newly born foal. So pretty!
I just rode to the grocery store and back for a few things (the 12 pack of toilet paper bungied on my rear rack must've been a hoot for motorists to see).
It was far too windy for any "real" riding today (35mph with gusts in the 40s). I've decided I just won't ride when it's that windy because I get too cranky- on the other hand, I should just head N and ride with a tailwind for 30 miles and tell DH to come get me.

[OakLeaf]

I joined the boys for the first half of their loop then split off early. The Sunday ride is turning into a nice group. But they weren't going to stop for mullet and eggs anyway. 29 miles on the road bike. Then I jumped in the shower and went to church on the commuter bike for another 2 miles RT.

[Biciclista]

what a day for an epic (snort) ride.
DH was ready to go riding. It was about 9am. I had been looking out the window on and off for an hour already, watching the rain come down. I told him i didn't want to ride, it was raining. Of course, this made him very upset because we both know that I need to get some miles under my belt because in 2 weeks, we're going to be in Sacramento for the mad march hairs ride. (yes, I know I spelled that wrong, that's how they're spelling it)
He thought it over and remembered that he needed his hair cut. I cut his hair and surprise, surprise, the rain stopped. Hm. okay, i'll ride I said.
So we headed east and north to ride near the lake to Pert's deli for a hot drink. It's 42 degrees, and very grey. We got to Pert's just as the rain started to fall again, so I was a bit discouraged. We rode 1/2 mile and I suggest that i might turn around and go home, would that be ok? he said it was, but he was still heading north and planned to get downtown and I couldn't figure out how he was going to do that, so I decided to go along. We ended up in a park called interloken park, it had a big paved path (big enough for cars but no cars allowed) that snaked up and around the hill separating us from downtown. It was really beautiful and peaceful. We got to downtown from the opposite direction I am used to, and it was very pretty. It also stopped raining. Downtown we passed the Honda dealer, and we stopped and tried to stuff bikes into the 2009 and the 2008 Honda fit. My bike fit easily and nicely several different ways; but D's bike with the aero bars and long fenders front and back, did not. I was really disappointed, I wanted to be able to stuff both bikes in easily. We could get his in, we'd just have to do major disassembly each time. bummer.
Then we went to Elliot Bay Bikes, the home of Davidson bicycles, where Donald learned how to take his hub apart and, um. sorry, something else.
We were there easily for 2 hours. but it was time well spent. After that we rode home AND THE SUN CAME OUT! 27 miles. 1140 feet of altitude gain.

[Aggie_Ama]

Went to DH's mountain bike race in Wacko, TX. I really have never been able to love Waco and apparently he doesn't either since it was his first non-top 10 finish since he started racing again. He had the dreaded lead legs on a hard course. No riding for me, just being a good cheerleading wife or something.

[chicago]

sundial... what a beautiful picture of the foal and mama.. nice

great day today. got up early and met a few friends and got in 32 miles on the bike... before heading off to the barn for my horse riding lesson. then of course helped my trainer with all her horses and hung out at the barn ALL day, LOL... love it, just love it!! it's going to be hard to split my weekend time between the horses and cycling... but I will make it happen!!

great weekend... beautiful weather in Chicago... the one thing about winter here is it sure makes you appreciate these spring days... awesome.

[Zen]

what a day for an epic (snort) ride.

It's now called "Super Mega Bike Ride".
One of these days I'll post the photo that verifies that

[channlluv]

Wow, I love your pictures! I saw a real road runner bird and as I was passing it, I thought about grabbing a picture to post here, but it was flying away too fast. They really are quick.

It was a beautiful day for a ride here, too, and I went 25 miles! Five times around my favorite five-mile loop at Lake Miramar here in San Diego. Foot traffic was really light, and there were only a couple of vehicles driving through. I started a little after 3:30pm and it was sunny, clear, and warming up after a rainy morning. I think it was in the mid-60s. By 5pm, it was turning cool, and the wind off the ocean was f-r-e-e-z-i-n-g! I thought about doing 30 miles, but when I finished up the fifth lap, the sun was near setting and the marine layer was rolling in, and the wind was really turning cold, and I was starting to feel the ride in my left knee. Maybe next time.

D*H gave me a new seat post yesterday and adjusted my handlebar height and seat height to alleviate some of the pressure on my knees, and man, did it pay off. I cut three whole minutes off my most recent time, from 28 minutes for a five-mile loop to 24 minutes, 52 seconds...I did 25 miles in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 12 seconds. I think there's a numerology thing there somewhere, but I feel great right now. I really do.

My best speed before the wreck was 23 minutes. I'm almost there.

Woohooo!

Roxy

Getting in touch with my inner try-athlete.

[wackyjacky1]

Getting in touch with my inner try-athlete.

Love it!

[wackyjacky1]

Wacky, what a beautiful place to ride. And your bike is so striking! Just curious, are those mustache handlebars?

Thanks to you and CA for the compliments on my bike! Yes, those are moustache handlebars -- I love 'em.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Great ride today. I wasn't sure exactly where I was going to go when I started, but soon after I left my neighborhood I decided to ride out to Keystone Dam.

The weather stuff said partly cloudy to cloudy for this afternoon with strong enough winds to set of a weather alert for the area (20+). Didn't stop me after wimpin out yesterday. Well..it was windy alright - and down right scary when riding over the dam with some impatient drivers passing too close (grrr). Wind and wake... yikes. Anyway.. the cloudy thing wasn't right.. the sun came out and it got nice n warm. I also realized too late that I forgot sunscreen. Never too old to make a newbie mistake, ya know? LOL
Sunburned arms...farmer John arms, no less. Oh well. It'll make for fun Monday conversation!

50 miles.. 2800elevation gain (one hill was 14% - nice test for my new compact!)..22+mph sse winds with some real nasty gusts.
I love my new bike!!

[Aggie_Ama]

I also realized too late that I forgot sunscreen. Never too old to make a newbie mistake, ya know? LOL
Sunburned arms...farmer John arms, no less. Oh well. It'll make for fun Monday conversation!

I did this last year when we went to Red River and rode 87 miles- at altitude where I burn worse. Not like I haven't been fair skinned since birth. Not like I don't know I burn in 5 minutes. I had knickers on which made for interesting conversation the next day white water rafting in shorts since I was BLISTERING RED from just below the knee to my low sock line and farmer arm style plus only one side of my face complete with helmet strap. Oy!

Glad you are loving the new bike, does the sexy beast have a name yet?

[sundial]

Just1more, I would love to ride my road bike there. I love the colors of the mesa. Thanks for sharing your pictures.