Saturday April 25 rides :D

[Fredwina]

I started out wanting to do a short ride today,since I did 66 miles yesterday.
I did a litte extra before the club ride, but not much as usual. Then my 'bent "buddies" talked me into doing the longer ride. I stayed with them until the last hill, where I took shortcut because I really, really needed to use the bathroom.
After "social hour", I went by the post office and the bank and wound up with "only" 55 miles. Maybe I need to dail back a little bit.

[Crankin]

After sitting in class all day long, I got home at 5:30; it was 90 degrees at my house. We went out for our shortest loop, 11.5 miles at 6 PM. It was so hot, I was dying. Some of the route is shady, but, talk about acclimatization. I think those 11 miles are worth at least 15, maybe 20, because I was drenched when I got home.

[reddDesign]

no ride today...went down to a car meet and washed and polished the car.

how is this cycling related? I washed and polished my bike too

I'm gonna find some nailpolish that matches my bikes color so I can fix the chips.

Not sure if I'm riding tomorrow...I'm burnt to a crisp...and kinda wanna sleep in.

[7rider]

Wow.
Summer arrived in D.C.
Was nice and cool for the 7:30 start of the N2....warming to mid-70's or so by the end. I think the thermometer finally topped our somewhere in the mid- to high-80's are our humble abode.
The N2 reached a group record today: there were 40 at the first re-group spot. From there, the ride fractured into 3 - one group to Sugarloaf Mountain, one to Poolesville (DH was on the crew), and one (actually, 2, a fast and a medium ride) that did the "regular" route. That was me....in the medium group. There were 6 of us on that. One-by-one, we lost them, tho', until only one other guy and I did a loop through Rock Creek Park - which was PACKED with walkers, joggers, in-line skaters, and other cyclists.
55 miles at 17.0 mph. I think I'm in good shape for next week's metric on the eastern shore. I hope the weather holds.

[ASammy1]

I had every intention of going out and riding 75 hilly miles today. Unfortunately the 93+ F weather thwarted my plans. It was 85 by 10 am and 90 by noon, so I only ended up riding 55. The heat really did me in today. I started to get the chills by mile 40, so I knew 75 miles was out of the question. The rest of my group ended up riding 70 miles, but I listened to my body and am thankful that I did. A few of the other people told me that I made the right decision and they wished they had stopped when I did.

The awesome part is that I conquered 2 hills this ride that I walked last weekend! Yeah!

[jesvetmed]

Great mountain bike ride yesterday (unfortunately, work prevented a ride today). My first clipless singletrak ride. I was scared, but it worked out ok. I discovered it's much harder to get myself unclipped from the mtn bike candies than my road ones! And DOWN SHE GOES! Thanks goodness for the trees and rocks that helped keep me off the hard ground! Great day for a ride though!

Kim's dog Molly is our "map". She knows the trails way better than we could ever read the map! Weird, but it works!

[shellkay1212]

Yes, this is actually a bike ride. :-) We stopped for lunch at 'The Pint n' Slice'.