Saturday, August 7 rides

[7rider]

I went on a nice mellow mostly flat 32 mile spin with two friends, complete with a relaxing coffee stop mid-way, where I was served the most lovely latte ever, made by a very talented barista.

Very clever.
When I was in San Francisco last week, a few of us went to a coffee shop at the ferry terminal and the barista made a leaf design in my friend's latte. She took a picture of it and was afraid to drink it. It was almost too pretty to ruin!

I did the Poolesville loop with the N2 crew. They held a decent (read: moderate) pace, so I did go out to Poolesville, rather than cutting it short - which I was tempted to do, having suffered a bout of insomnia last night.
57 miles at a 17.4 mph average, which was pretty good, considering.

But...I really need to get multi-day long rides in...and I have very few days left to do it. My commutes are too short to serve that purpose, and lately I have too much going on to tack on extra miles at the end of the day. Our bike trip is coming up very soon, and I only hope I'm ready. Tomorrow, I plan to add extra miles to the shop ride - ride to it, do the extra loop through the park, and then drive home with DH (do some shopping along the way...ewwwww...stinky).

[jdubble]

Very clever.
When I was in San Francisco last week, a few of us went to a coffee shop at the ferry terminal and the barista made a leaf design in my friend's latte. She took a picture of it and was afraid to drink it. It was almost too pretty to ruin! .

Latte art is so ubiquitous here that I almost didn't even notice the bike, I just don't look anymore! I was about to take a sip when my friend called out "Wait! Is that a bike?!" You must've gone to Blue Bottle at the Ferry Building. They make delicious drinks! My favorite is the Gibraltar. Mmmmm coffee.

[WindingRoad]

Did my second group ride in my new home: we did 48 miles, took about 3.5 hours and it was relatively hilly. Someone said we did 2700 vertical feet of climbing, is that hilly/kinda hilly? I dunno. I'm a flatlander in a new hilly place so I'm just trying to survive. It seems I'm doing OK but my legs are really heavy after that ride. My hamstrings were starting to twitch near the end but I did make it. Score for me!

[Catrin]

Did my second group ride in my new home: we did 48 miles, took about 3.5 hours and it was relatively hilly. Someone said we did 2700 vertical feet of climbing, is that hilly/kinda hilly? I dunno. I'm a flatlander in a new hilly place so I'm just trying to survive. It seems I'm doing OK but my legs are really heavy after that ride. My hamstrings were starting to twitch near the end but I did make it. Score for me!

Yayyy for you! Where is your new home?

[Fredwina]

I did another ride I haven't done in over a year.
The latest advance in Sports Nutrition. meet mr Gumm E Bear:

House on Hill @ Glen Helen Park:

Interstate 15:

Downtown Devore:

go down hill:

and you come to something Familiar:

route 66 has been bypassed, so it's now a lonely road:


and for going downhill, there's always youtube

[Blue_Fedora]

DH and I did a very hilly 27 miler from home today. Thru lots of canyons and along new bike paths that have just recently opened up. Unfortunately quite a few of them are not fully complete and just dead-end so we did a bit of turning around and backtracking. On many of the flatter sections he got me to practice drafting and riding his wheel. WOW - I'd heard you can use 30% less energy that way and now I understand the concept

[PamNY]

Fredwina, great photos and video. Love your music choice.

I did a few miles on a car-free avenue -- part of the Summer Streets program, where cars are banned for a few hours.

Alas, the Bamboo Bike Studio is out to seduce me; they had a booth with a beautiful bike and a helpful young woman who has no idea why sixty-year-old knees might want low gears.