Spring...who's riding this weekend?

[kmehrzad]

Just finished my ride from Reston to Leesburg. The W&OD is clear. There are a few areas where brush along the sides makes the path a bit more narrow, but you can certainly get by. I was talking with a guy who told me that there's even more brush on the path from Leesburg to Purcellville, I wouldn't doubt it.

NY Biker, if you plan on riding this route tomorrow, let me know. If you'd like company, I could join you.

[Zen]

I have to shoot tomorrow but Brian at Bike Doctor just now told me go ride.
Get on the bike, even if it's only for a mile.
He's so right.

[ny biker]

Just finished my ride from Reston to Leesburg. The W&OD is clear. There are a few areas where brush along the sides makes the path a bit more narrow, but you can certainly get by. I was talking with a guy who told me that there's even more brush on the path from Leesburg to Purcellville, I wouldn't doubt it.

NY Biker, if you plan on riding this route tomorrow, let me know. If you'd like company, I could join you.

Kmehrzad, can I take a raincheck? I'm having a very disorganized day and I'm running pretty late. (It's almost 12:30 and I'm still in my pjs!) But I plan to to plenty of riding out by Reston way in the next couple of months...

[rain]

Per the great advice, I just received on the general forum I thought I'd say hello over here. I'm a dork though -- I didn't realize Beach Drive would be open!

[kmehrzad]

NYBiker, Let's ride together sometime in the future. Depending on how far you'd like to go, we can start out in Reston and ride to Leesburg or beyond, your choice. I went out today for a ride but not as far as I had hoped. Wound up doing some bicycle maintenance, such as changing tires, tubes, rim tape, etc. It was work that needed to be done but I didn't realize it would eat such a hole into my day.

[Selkie]

I ended up wimping out on outdoor riding this weekend. Saturday morning, I swam 4,000 yards, which tired out me, and I didn't want to deal with the "first warmish weekend" crazies crowding the trails....

I've been riding --- on the trainer --- since abandoning outdoor rides in late November. Ironically, all that time with Coach Troy has definitely made me stronger. Can't wait to get outside and take a "rest." LOL

[tulip]

Just a ride report from ROVA (Rest of Virginia): 25 miles around Ashland on Saturday. Cold but glorious. 42 miles yesterday along the James downstream from Richmond and through the Civil War battlefields. Both days were great!

[ny biker]

I ended up wimping out on outdoor riding this weekend. Saturday morning, I swam 4,000 yards, which tired out me, and I didn't want to deal with the "first warmish weekend" crazies crowding the trails....

That's why I decided to go with an on-road route yesterday instead of a trail. It was quite peaceful. The only problem was the short stretch of Fairfax County Pkwy trail in Reston, which had a couple of snow piles and very cold mud puddles that I had to get through/around.

I did encounter crowds before and after the ride, though. The whole world decided to go ice skating at Reston Town Center yesterday. The guys at Yogen Fruz said they had a very busy day.