Saturday, May 22 rides

[TrekTheKaty]

I woke up cranky. It was supposed to be 84 today DH had food poisoning last night, so I had to let him sleep in. I coaxed him out with coffee and pancakes, sure he would have no problem keeping up with me, even when he was recovering. He finally got moving about 9:30 am by saying, "Are you ready to ride? You don't look ready?" Grrrrrr. We headed out of our neighborhood just to discover it is our subdivision garage sale weekend. We could barely navigate through all the double parked cars and people. I finally hit my stride and was keeping a pretty good pace, accelerating over most of the smaller hills. As we hit crested one of the bigger hills, my gears locked up while trying to down shift (picture max HR, then coming to a sudden stop in TRAFFIC). I couldn't get restarted on the hill so I had to pull over and catch my breath. We finally got moving again and near our turn around, DH blew a tire. (When I looked back and realized I dropped him, I knew something was up). I just learned to stand on hills, so on the way back I crested another big hill with DH yelling--"Yeah, I can barely keep up!" I answered by trying to cough up a lung Legs were torched, but I managed to mozy back to the house (at least summer means smoothies!)

Overall, not a bad ride

[DebW]

48 miles today, but all utililty rides. Started the morning by riding 17 miles home from a friend's house where I'd spent the night. Then 16 miles to my bike shop job. Then home. (Why does that add to 49 when my computer says 48?)

[makbike]

DH and I traveled to Ohio to participate in Tour de H20 - a charity ride that designed to raise money for fresh water wells in Kenya.

The day started off damp and chilly but at least it was not raining. We elected to ride the 50 mile route and it took us through some beautiful countryside. The route was well marked making the cue sheet unnecessary and the ride enjoyable.

Today also marked the baptism of both our bikes. DH's rode his brand new Ridley Excalibur and I enjoyed my day on my new Orbea Diva. Both bikes handled well and we had a blast though we discovered there are some adjustments that must be made in the fits - no big deal.

All in all it was a great day - we covered 54 miles, saw some beautiful countryside, helped raise money for a good cause, met some nice people along the way and enjoyed the day together on our new bikes.