June 4 Weekend Rides

[redrhodie]

I commuted, but had time to kill, so I did my long route. Then I rode to the store after work. So, around 35 miles for the day. It was really nice out, as it's been all week. Stopped by my lbs, where they threw stuff at me, since evidently people like to do that. I <3 my lbs.

[nscrbug]

Today was a hot & muggy 62 miles for me and DH. Probably about the same in store for tomorrow...only with cooler temps and lower humidity.

[Crankin]

Ct. Dancer, my friend just got the Ruby Elite with the SRAM compact double Apex. She's a newish rider, averages about 12 or 11 mph, after riding a Vita with a triple. We encouraged her to get a triple, but the Elite wasn't available with that option. Bottom line is, she loves it. She got the mountain gearing on the rear, so I think it's an 11-36. She said the regular Apex was OK for the test ride, but we live in a hilly area and she needed to have the same gears as a triple, so she bought the different cassette for the LBS to put on, and she sold the original one on E Bay. She's a very slow climber, but she does get up everything with these gears.
Her bike is gorgeous (see my above post).

[Bike Chick]

Rode a 10k time trial and 20k road race in the senior olympics yesterday. I placed second in my age group in the TT and first in the road race. It was the first road race I've ever done and it was a lot of fun. Each one takes a different strategy. It was brutally hot and there was a 15 mph wind to contend with but that same wind was to our backs on the sprint in. What a bonus!

The 5k TT and 40k road race are scheduled for today but there are thunderstorms moving through. I don't know if we will race or not. At least the storms cooled things off a bit.

[ridenread]

It was too nice not to ride yesterday. Spent the morning cleaning out the basement and having a yard sale. We tried an "Honor system" approach, put out a sign for people to pay whatever they thought an object was worth, and a large can to drop the money into. It was very interesting to watch. We were putting things out there throughout the morning so could get a sense of what was happening. Some people paid more than I would have expected and a few others just took things without paying anything. We were not looking to make a lot of money, so it was actually fun to watch what would happen.

Anyway, I digress I did manage to go for a 14 mile windy ride in the afternoon. I started out tired form hauling boxes all morning but felt great riding. HOpe to get at least a 30 miler in today as it is supposed to be sunny and 70.