Hubby and I rode 50 miles in a brutal wind. I swear the gusts had to be close to 30mph...I was getting blown all over the darn road! Then to add insult to injury...it started to rain when we were at the farthest point away from home...We pulled into a gas station for a few minutes to let the rain pass...which it did. But by the time we got started again, I was freezing. The air temp was only in the low 40's, and with the high winds and rain...it made it feel 20 degrees colder. There were segments of our ride, where we could barely keep a 10mph pace due to the insane headwind.
Gee...can you tell I REALLY hate riding in wind?!?!IMO...wind just sucks the enjoyment out of riding for me.
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Thread: Oct 31/09 or Hallowe'en rides
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10-31-2009, 01:25 PM #1
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10-31-2009, 04:28 PM #2
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Great Halloween ride for me today! 52 fast miles on the bike trail and it was sunny and warm with very little wind. I wore an orange jersey and socks with skulls on them. Then after my ride, I stopped at the grocery store and I was wondering if people realized I'm a cyclist or if they thought I was in costume.
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10-31-2009, 05:03 PM #3
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Great ride with 7rider and her DH. Like she said, a different route than the usual group ride AND a totally new route for me since I had never done it before. As I told them, much of the ride reminded me of where I group up in northeast Pennsylvania - quiet country roads with beautiful scenery and farm animals. I ended up doing 59 miles because I rode to 7's house and back.
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10-31-2009, 05:13 PM #4
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Beautiful weather for a ride here- I went about 27 miles with my DH and a friend from work. It was cool (high 40's) when we started but the desert warms up quickly and it was fine for regular jerseys and shorts by the end of the ride.
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10-31-2009, 06:09 PM #5
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94 miles of chasing the boyfriend!
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10-31-2009, 07:12 PM #6
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I rode a metric century today to support our local habitat for humanity. The route was very hilly and it rained for most of the 62 miles! It wasn't a cold rain and I never did pull out my rain jacket...just got wet and dirty. It took me two hours to clean my bike this afternoon.
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