Weekend Rides?

[Crankin]

Indy, I never wanted to give up my road biking time to get better at mountain biking, and that's what I never got better!
Yesterday, I did a short 17 mile ride in the afternoon, before going into the city for dinner and theatre, where I showed my DH some new roads I discovered while riding with one of my clients. There were severe storms coming in, and we took more time than needed because I kept hearing a click, every time I turned the pedal and I could feel something weird in my right pedal. After 3 stops, checking everything, shoes, cleats, pedals, we discovered 1) my front QR was loose and I have no idea how that happened, 2) my right pedal had something wrong with it, even though it didn't seem loose, and 3) my brakes were not working correctly. The brakes got fixed on the road, we continued the ride and about 6 miles from home it started thundering. We got home just as the first drops of rain were falling.
Today, DH rode my bike to try and figure out what was wrong with my pedal, before he ordered new ones. When he went to take it off, it was a little loose. All he had to do was tighten it a bit and all was good. We did a 21 mile ride into Westford and Chelmsford and back. It's a really pretty local ride, with enough climbing to make you work, but a stretch in the middle that is flat.
Tomorrow, hoping to do 50+, riding up one of the steepest local climbs and then having a picnic lunch on the grounds of the winery we ate at last week.

[lovelygamer]

We did 13.2 today in a shady wooded area. It was a great loop and my longest ride.

[azfiddle]

It's all weekend time for me right now (summer vacation!). Does Friday count? Yesterday I rode 31 miles, up to Molino Basin on Mt. Lemmon, with 2500 feet of climbing. I'm the slowest person up the mountain, but love coming back down.

This morning the alarm went off at 5:30, but we had been at a concert and after-party for the performers until 1 am. Just no way we were going to do 40 miles on 4 hours of sleep. So now that it's starting to cool down, we're heading out for a sunset ride at Saguaro NP. And maybe a gelato run afterwards!

[Crankin]

We rode to the Nashoba Winery in Bolton, in a round-a-bout way, going up one of the steepest local climbs I do. The winery itself is at the beginning of a long hill, but we actually went down that street for about a quarter of a mile.
You can pre-order a picnic lunch on line, so it was ready when we got there. We sat on a lovely porch, overlooking the winery and pretended we were in Italy! Lunch was delicious (I had a mozzarella, tomato, basil sandwich on a baguette) and the place was mobbed, with people who came out to the "country" for a day.
Poor DH had something wrong with his bike the whole way. It was either the front derailleur or the chain, so when we got close to home, we stopped at the LBS and they put a new chain on. It's very rare that my DH brings his bike to someone else to do the work. They were having a BMC demo day there, and there were lots of racer boy types hanging out.
The picture is from after we left the winery, at the bottom of the hill, where we could look up and see the vines. 43 miles, with about 1500 ft. of climbing.

[goldfinch]

Crankin, that Guru sure is pretty.

[indysteel]

Sounds like a great day, Crankin. I love all the places that you get to ride to. My area is far less interesting.

DH and I did a 36 miler from home over familiar territory. He was feeling sluggish and I was feeling spry so I pulled a good part of the way. I definitely feel stinger this year thanks to our trip to Utah. I feel like I got my mojo back.

[Fredwina]

Got in about 30 miles before it started to rain pretty bad yesterday. My Nose was acting up today, so I stayed in.

[Catrin]

... I feel like I got my mojo back.

Awesome

I attended a women's mountain bike clinic all weekend, on the bike all day yesterday (drills and a ride) and a 2 hour ride today. Sweet!