April 4 rides

[TrekTheKaty]

Route 66! Keep heading west and we'll meet you at the Chain of Rocks bridge in St. Louis!

I did 37--DH did 49 (he left from the house) on the Katy Trail. Sunny and 65--snow forecast tomorrow. Lunch at the Blumenhof Winery. Ripping winds out of the east gusting 20 on the way back. Saw some boy scouts pack it in. I had to stop to drink or when I took my hand off, it would blow me over!

Took me until July last year to build up to that mileage

[Blueberry]

Did 26 miles on our tandem. Still having some major fit issues (and the seatpost slid down 4cm, I discovered when I got home), so I'm a little sorer than I should be. Also still having some mechanical problems with the tandem.

Beautiful day to be out riding, though. And we went with another couple (also on a tandem). A nice lunch stop and mini shopping trip in the middle.

ETA: here are a friends videos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/3412830890/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ejchang/3412271099/

We're on the other tandem (not that you can see much of us)

CA

[Crankin]

I did my first climb of Oak Hill today. We were going to do a 27 mile ride from Acton to Littleton, Harvard, Bolton, Stow, Boxboro, and back, but it was 52 and cloudy when we left and the winds were gusting up to 30 or so. I started sweating like crazy on a climb at about mile 4. Then we started up Oak Hill. I decided to get in the zone and not really try. However, my speed for the 4 mile climb was not much lower than it usually is, except for when the wind was blowing so hard, I could barely move. At one point as I was going over a highway overpass, I got blown to the other side of the road and thought for sure I was going down, but, it stopped. When we got to Harvard Center, we ate a snack and decided to cut the ride short from here. It was getting colder and rain was threatening. As we headed out from here, there were a lot of cars, something going on at the school. I saw one of my former neighbors, who yelled out to me, which was nice, since I was climbing. At this point my DH and my friend's DH took off. I was essentially on my own for the last 12 miles, except for one point where my friend passed me on a downhill, but then I dropped her. I was freezing! I had on very light weight wool socks and toe covers, which were not doing the job. After I got past my old neighborhood, I started booking it; I felt some rain drops, too. The wind made it virtually impossible to get above 16 except for the last 2 miles, where I did push it.
My legs felt dead from running yesterday, but they are fine now. I hope to do a flat 20 mile ride tomorrow before I have to go to that shower...

[skinimini]

Easy 26 miles on the Silver Comet Trail today. I'm finally getting used to the road shoes--only one minor topple and that was dew related. It was, however, right in front of several other people. Beautiful, pollen-filled, spring day in Atlanta!

[Tuckervill]

We did the club ride with lunch at the Flying Burrito after for a club meeting. It was so darned windy! It took us a good hour and a half to go 15 miles! I mean, 30 mph sustained winds, and one gust moved me sideways through an intersection in front of traffic. ::yikes:: I was terrified every time someone came up to chat because I was moving all over the road.

My new bike was perfect, except the seat was down a little too low and I had to adjust it about two miles in. Now my knees are screaming.

Karen

[Mr. Bloom]

My strongest ride yet on the identical course along the windy Ohio River.

20 miles @ 19mph

[Aggie_Ama]

Decided with allergies in full fighting form and winds blowing hard I would go shopping for cacti and succulents out in the Hill County. I am such a fair weather cyclist but I did get some neat plants.

[Fredwina]

Route 66! Keep heading west and we'll meet you at the Chain of Rocks bridge in St. Louis!

I did 37--DH did 49 (he left from the house) on the Katy Trail. Sunny and 65--snow forecast tomorrow. Lunch at the Blumenhof Winery. Ripping winds out of the east gusting 20 on the way back. Saw some boy scouts pack it in. I had to stop to drink or when I took my hand off, it would blow me over!

Took me until July last year to build up to that mileage

you're as bad as I am!
If I head, I'll wind up at the Santa Monica Pier it's probably too late to start east this year ( going through the Mojave desert)