Memorial Day Weekend Rides

[kfergos]

I did the 7 Hills of Kirkland century ride with a group of biking buddies. It was cool, mid-50s to low 60s, and overcast -- actually excellent biking weather. Averaged 17.6 mph over 100 miles with 7000 ft of climbing. It was a very fun group ride with the added bonus of periodic food stops and strawberry shortcake at the end Good day, overall.

[chryss]

Limewave, your post made me smile into my morning tea. So great!

I rode 30 flat and leisurely miles in just over 2 hours on Monday - out and back on The Road, and saw a young hare, a glossy moose in the woods, wild ducks I can't identify and dozens of these very beautiful butterflies, which I did my best to avoid hitting. They're called Canadian Tiger Swallowtail:



On the way back, I stopped off to buy Chinese take-out and transport back the chicken & vegetable yakisoba tied to my handlebars over a muddy trail. Interesting. (It is extremely fortunate that there *is* a place that will sell good & tasty food within a mile! I'm 30 miles outside Fairbanks in a 350 inhabitant village.)

The weekend was a bit messed about by a very hot Sunday ending in a downpour and a strong cool-off, and my partner not feeling that well. Well, neither of us did by Monday because the dogs became very active when the temperature dropped, and the mosquitos moved indoors, so sleep wasn't easy to come by. The dogs are Siberian Huskies so they suffer above 10°C/50°F. But we didn't mind too much. I was glad I went out and rode for a while.

[indysteel]

I did the 7 Hills of Kirkland century ride with a group of biking buddies. It was cool, mid-50s to low 60s, and overcast -- actually excellent biking weather. Averaged 17.6 mph over 100 miles with 7000 ft of climbing. It was a very fun group ride with the added bonus of periodic food stops and strawberry shortcake at the end Good day, overall.

Boy, that's impressive!!!! Plus, any ride that ends with strawberry shortcake is a great ride!!!

[nscrbug]

Boy, that's impressive!!!! Plus, any ride that ends with strawberry shortcake is a great ride!!!

X2! That is an awesome average speed for 100 miles. The best I have ever done was 16.3...and that's a FLAT ride, no mountains in my neck of the woods.

[Owlie]

I finally got the pictures from my ride up on my blog. I hate to sound all spammy but I can't get the picture thing to work on here.