August 15 rides

[Kubla]

Just a short 11 mile ride this afternoon through two neighboring towns. My pre-ride attempt at fitting three different saddle bags on the Dolce was unsuccessful, so I gave up and threw everything in a large fanny pack.

The temperature was in the mid-70s and dry. I love Sunday rides; there is a big drop in the traffic and overall speed of passing cars. Unfortunately, there seems to be a general disregard for pedestrians in crosswalks around here. At one busy intersection at least 10 cars whizzed past before someone finally stopped and motioned me to cross. Usually when one car stops, the opposite side follows suit. It's getting that first car to stop...<Sigh>

[BikeHN]

35 mi. with some girls from a local riding group. We got an early start but by the time we finished the sun was beaming. The temp. was in the mid 90s here. Pretty easy ride, it just felt good to get the legs moving today.

[emily_in_nc]

Had a really nice Sunday morning ride with DH to Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. They're in a busy area that normally we don't dare take the bikes to, but turns out that on Sun. morning, the traffic is light and very manageable. Fun and productive too! Just 10 miles; would have added some more mileage at the end except that I have a very painful $*#&(@ saddle sore and needed to get OFF it.

[crazycanuck]

I had an "AGGGHGHGHGHG" moment on my well planned out long dirt training ride yesterday for event next month.

Rule 1-Don't forget your phone when setting off.
Rule 2-Remember that a new chain & a new chain link may be harder than previous ones to unhook
Rule 3-Remember to purchase bigger multi tool

I was happily riding along & around the 8km mark I heard a "noise" and then realized...my chain had snapped...I had stopped a few km's before to use a tree & thought.."where's my phone?" Phone was in vehicle, vehicle was with my dear spectating/assisting @ a downhill race. Not that i needed money for water. I had a planned stop at one of the campsites along the munda biddi & understand there's water there.

I stood trying to get the link undone but then realized it was a new chain & hadn't played with the link etc. I thought to myself..."ian would get this in 2 seconds" so i continued on but realized even if i did manage to fix it, i wouldn't be back on time @ the planned meeting place. So, i decided to walk back.

No one on the trail (as I decided i wanted to do something different for a training ride & use another section of the munda biddi i'd never been on..).

Nice day out though!

[SheFly]

The list of what doesn't hurt today is shorter than the list of what does!

DH and i drove home to MA from ME early in the AM thinking we could make it to an event our friend was putting on. That didn't quite happen, so we opted for a "long" MTB ride instead. Except that I didn't know what "long" really meant...

Five and a half hours later (5:09 riding time) and 53.7 miles under my belt, I finally limped home. And by that point, it was ALL I could do to even keep turning the pedals over. This was my longest MTB ride in years, and we did the whole ride on our SS bikes. OUCH!

For those in MetroWest, we rode the Burlington Landlocked Forest, Minuteman National Historic Park, Estabrook Woods, Great Brook State Park, Russell Mills and back through Great Brook and Estabrook to the old railroad bed.

I'm luck to even be upright today .

SheFly

[Catrin]

For some reason I can only access TE today on my iPhone...

Did a 15 mile recovery ride after my 60 on Saturday. I think it should have been longer but 15 miles is about as long as I can take my favorite park and I chose to believe the forecasted storm. I should have known better. The park is very pretty, there are deer and a pretty decent hill to climb. I am also never more than 15-20 minutes from my car so it is a good quick place to ride if bad weather seems on the way.

[tulip]

Nice 30 miles with five friends. 15.5 mph, which is good for me. Followed by a picnic.