May 1 Rides

[marni]

[QUOTE=Crankin. Twice, some guy came up and rode behind me, without saying a word and drafted off of me. I told DH to turn off the road, so we could get rid of each of them. But, we didn't really change what we planned to do.
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Isn't that irritating. I don't mind if they say hey and ask if they can draft for a while. Depending on how the ride goes I macy actually let them without expecting any reciprocal drafting but at least some basic good manners would dictate that they at least call out and let you know they are back there.

When someone does that to me I ride slower and slower and slower and less and less in a straight line until I get off my bike and wave them past with a only slightly sarcastic oh please I insist, after you.

I had one guy who stopped when I did several times so I finally sat down on the ground, looked him in the eye and said I am not moving again until you are out of sight so get lost.

I felt quite nostalgic reading your route as I used to live in Acton and ride almost the same route.

At least you have shade, around here it is just flat fields and little or no shade. The ride at the butt crack of dawn season is just about here.

marni

[smilingcat]

FINALLY, THE WIND DIED DOWN. Where I live its either on shore or off shore breeze. Either way its a strong cross wind, the worst kind. I don't ride on those days.

So after two weeks, well some of the days the weather looked like it was ready to rain, I went riding today. yippee!!

I'm a fair weather rider these days. had a wonderful ride just over 20 fun miles with 1800 feet of climb. The strong wind for the last two days blew away all the muck and the guck out of the air and I was treated to a breath taking blue sky above and blue ocean down below. Yes the sky is blue not brown. Lovely ride. tomorrow, I think I'll do two sets of hill climbs.

[Crankin]

Marni, when did you live in Acton? I have lived in the area for about 20 years, most of it in Boxborough. My kids went to A-B.
I know all about getting up at the "butt crack of dawn," to exercise. When I lived in AZ I would go out and walk at 5 AM, or go to the gym.
Off to ride to the Stow Airfield for a delicious breakfast at the cafe.... although right now I am wondering how I will feel riding home 12 or so miles, after eating. Before I moved to Concord, it was 3 miles.

[AmyO]

Had a great day Saturday with beautiful weather. Rode to the gym (23 miles RT), did double spin classes with the team leader for the local MS Ride (June) and then rode home.....some bad (for cyclists) bridge repairs on my route...one is the Neponset Bridge, which is one lane for everyone no matter how you approach it from the South--I was laboring up the on-ramp with a garbage truck up my butt--and a couple of lanes with crazed motorists going the other way. Tried to avoid it by going in a different direction on the way home and ran into another construction site over the MBTA tracks in North Quincy. Anyone who rides in the area, be careful. The Neponset bridge is slated for 3 years of repairs. Time to find a better way...

Other than that, it was a fabulous day. Today....well it was a recovery day for sure.

[TrekTheKaty]

The traditional, "first official organized ride of St. Louis" is the Tour de Stooges in Highland, IL. They forecast rain all week, but storms blew through Friday night and left it 60 and calm at 8:30 am. Hubby headed off with another speed demon to do the metric, while I tooled through the 42 miles by myself. Lost a spoke towards the end, but made it in for a huge lunch spread. I also beat the boys back :-)

[azfiddle]

20 miles. I wanted to go longer but am not sure how much is okay while I am getting PT for knee pain that turned out to be due to problems in my hip etc. The group was heading into some hills, and I promised to only try flat, easy rides for now so I dropped off the back of the group and rode home.

[danadear]

Hot hot hot in Lexington South Carolina. The SO and I planned to do 60 but were happy to end up with 40. The heat was stifling and is going to take some used to again. In the 90s and quite humid.

Good ride and a lot of fun. We stopped at Lake Murray to hang our hammock and have a picnic lunch. We jumped in the lake to cool off...it was awesome.

One mishap...It was my first long ride in my new Power Grips and after a long stretch with no stops I forgot I was using them. Forgot to take my foot out when I stopped. Bam!

[Becky]

DH and I were in central PA to visit my family, and brought the bikes. We did 28 miles on the roads that I grew up riding (and a little beyond). I think if we'd had a little more time, we'd have ventured a little further, but you know how visiting family is...don't want to be rude and disappear for half the day. In some ways, the time constraint was good. I'm not super-motivated about road riding right now, being firmly entrenched in a trail phase (running and riding), and having an excuse to bail made it less stressful somehow. Que sera sera.