DH and went for an awesome mountain bike ride. It only ended up being about 10 miles, but they were tough miles. Temps got up to about 78.
Mimi: I loved seeing RD on his bike. It literally brought a few tears to my eyes.
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01-02-2012, 07:45 AM #1
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01-02-2012, 07:59 AM #2
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I was alone on my first ride for this year
and I got kind of tired of falling on the snow and ice and I decided to ride on the road. I rode for 2 hours. It was not easy with 2,35" tires on this ascent but I felt great. Temperature: about 40.
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01-02-2012, 08:21 AM #3
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A lot of the country was unseasonably warm yesterday...we were able to ride for 30miles with a lot of wind, still had a great time.
First long ride for my 17 yo son. Though he is an excellent xc runner and very fit, he hasn't learned how to pace himself, thus, getting dropped in the last 5 miles. He took too many turns in the front of the group and paid dearly for it later on. Lesson learned.
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01-02-2012, 08:57 AM #4
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WOW. that's some ride! I'd take the road too.
Originally Posted by Anelia
I was alone on my first ride for this year and I got kind of tired of falling on the snow and ice and I decided to ride on the road. I rode for 2 hours. It was not easy with 2,35" tires on this ascent but I felt great. Temperature: about 40.I like Bikes - Mimi
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01-02-2012, 11:15 AM #5
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It was - for January - a really nice day here in Portland yesterday, so I took my shiny new bike out for a ride. I'm really new to this, so only lasted about 15 minutes. I'd like to blame the wind that made my coat puff out like a sail, but honestly - I have no stamina on bike ... yet.
It's still an improvement, before I had to stop about 7 minutes in. So in a week I've doubled my time. 
I'm upping the level on my indoor bike (recumbent) to build my leg strength up a bit. (This is what I get for waiting until 50 to ride a bike.)
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01-02-2012, 12:45 PM #6
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Good for you for getting out. Originally Posted by ann_w
It was windy - 17mph from the east with 24mph gusts.
(I know, I was out toward east county for a bit and nearly got blown sideways a few times.
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