Weekend Rides?

[Reesha]

Tomorrow morning I start my 3,300 mile bike ride! I can't express how excited I am-- it's such a wonderful group of riders. We had a great dinner tonight and a promising orientation talk this afternoon. I feel like the organizers have everything so well in hand. They have everything down to a science!

94 miles from Seattle, WA to Easton, WA

Already got my S+V potato chips and recoverite for when I am finished

You can follow me here if you'd like:
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[chatnoire]

Reesha, good luck!!!

I got in a brief (and I mean BRIEF) ride this morning, just 5 miles. The boyfriend and I cruised on our old bikes up to the local farmers market. I'm thinking about adding a rack and panniers to my old bike so I can carry all sorts of goodies, like the awesome haul we got today:



The small jar is a blueberry jalapeno jam that I'm going to put on salmon before grilling. MMmmmm....

It was HOT when we made it out, and despite a TON of SPF 50, I still feel like I got a little more sun than I'm comfortable with. The riding itself was good though, even on the busy streets. I got honked at while going through the park at one point, though, which was annoying. It was an old guy in a cadillac, after I'd just mashed up a hill while standing on my pedals in a short bike skirt. Dude, if you want that, go to a strip club. Leave me alone.

[BikeHN]

Did the Cherohala Challenge this weekend. 62 miles over 5000 ft. elevation gain. Needless to say, I still hurt. I did it though, now everytime this ride comes around each year it can't taunt me. 4 hr. 50 min. ride time. I'll take it considering the farthest I've gone on my bike this year is 32 miles. HA! Here's some pics I took along the way. Absolutely gorgeous.

[lovelygamer]

Reesha, good luck!!!

I got in a brief (and I mean BRIEF) ride this morning, just 5 miles. The boyfriend and I cruised on our old bikes up to the local farmers market. I'm thinking about adding a rack and panniers to my old bike so I can carry all sorts of goodies, like the awesome haul we got today:



The small jar is a blueberry jalapeno jam that I'm going to put on salmon before grilling. MMmmmm....

It was HOT when we made it out, and despite a TON of SPF 50, I still feel like I got a little more sun than I'm comfortable with. The riding itself was good though, even on the busy streets. I got honked at while going through the park at one point, though, which was annoying. It was an old guy in a cadillac, after I'd just mashed up a hill while standing on my pedals in a short bike skirt. Dude, if you want that, go to a strip club. Leave me alone.

Chat, I want panniers for the same reason. I commute with a backpack now but I think it would be easier with panniers. What a great haul. The farmers market is my favorite place in the world!!

[sookiesue]

40 miles from Portland to Crown Point in the Gorge. Beautiful day for a ride, although it was pretty hot by the time I met up with my family at Crown Point. I was glad I didn't have to keep going!

The highlight of the ride was seeing a large bird flying back and forth across the Old Columbia River Highway. It kept going back and forth, landing in the trees on either side of the road. As I approached it flew about 10 feet in front of me, just above head level and I could see it was a huge turkey vulture! There was some roadkill it was trying to get at in between cars and bikes passing. I've seen lots of different wildlife on my rides but this was first for me!

[Owlie]

I spent all of last weekend in Boston with my parents and sister (who don't understand how awesome bikes are), so no riding, even though I saw lots of cyclists in Concord and the weather was perfect. I think I caught something there, thanks to the sleep deprivation (my parents can't take relaxing vacations). Sigh.

[Antaresia]

It's Velopaloza here in Vancouver, so there are lots of rides going on! Me & my bike buddy Dave did the Fancy Ride yesterday (I know, it's not a weekend ride, hush). I'm really looking forward to the Wine Tour bike ride on Saturday!





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I went with a more costume-ish dress up, I didn't want to ride with my ~really~ nice clothes. We road all along the sea wall, through Stanley park, and ended up on a beach. There was a tall bike with us, and a dude on a BigDummy (I think) with a wicked loud sound system. It was such a nice ride, and we met some really cool people!

[Crankin]

Owlie.
You probably saw me riding.

[Reesha]

Day 1 of the Big Ride was so very cold, so very long, and so very wet. But I made it-- and burned 7500 calories! I also had the first flat of the Big Ride in Redmond, WA.

Unfortunately, I seem to have aggravated my patellar ligament in my right knee... possibly due to a 5mm discrepancy between my actual saddle height and how they put it back together... (some question about where the saddle was marked... at the collar or at the actual frame) but the 17 mile climb up Snoqualmie Pass was too much. I rested today and SAGed... took lots of pictures for everyone! It was more fun than I expected-- I am trying to make the most of it. My ligaments are still pretty swollen and inflamed so I doubt I'll be riding tomorrow too. Bummer!

[ZenBiker]

It's Velopaloza here in Vancouver, so there are lots of rides going on! Me & my bike buddy Dave did the Fancy Ride yesterday (I know, it's not a weekend ride, hush). I'm really looking forward to the Wine Tour bike ride on Saturday!

I went with a more costume-ish dress up, I didn't want to ride with my ~really~ nice clothes. We road all along the sea wall, through Stanley park, and ended up on a beach. There was a tall bike with us, and a dude on a BigDummy (I think) with a wicked loud sound system. It was such a nice ride, and we met some really cool people!

that looks like fun!

[Bike Writer]

Tomorrow morning I start my 3,300 mile bike ride! I can't express how excited I am-- it's such a wonderful group of riders. We had a great dinner tonight and a promising orientation talk this afternoon. I feel like the organizers have everything so well in hand. They have everything down to a science!

94 miles from Seattle, WA to Easton, WA

Already got my S+V potato chips and recoverite for when I am finished

You can follow me here if you'd like:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lariss...84979924902812

I'd like to follow your ride but the link does not work. I loved reading about a rider last year on that same ride. I really enjoyed it.

[Crankin]

I liked it on Saturday and it worked fine

[indysteel]

DH and I met a couple I know well from road biking at our local MTB trails. They had their 22 year old nephew with him who's new to it. You wouldn't have known that looking at him though. He did great. We did about 18 miles and had a blast. We were all pretty well matched, and it was nice for DH to have another guy to ride with. We have tentative plans to go to two other parks soon to ride. They've been to both and can show us the ropes.

[Catrin]

DH and I met a couple I know well from road biking at our local MTB trails. They had their 22 year old nephew with him who's new to it. You wouldn't have known that looking at him though. He did great. We did about 18 miles and had a blast. We were all pretty well matched, and it was nice for DH to have another guy to ride with. We have tentative plans to go to two other parks soon to ride. They've been to both and can show us the ropes.

Sounds great Indy!

My mountain bike came out of the shop today so I took it to Fort Harrison and practiced in the beginners loop there. It really is too easy for me, but a perfect place to practice skills. Tomorrow I've a long ride planned to and from my gym for a Bosu class. We will see, but I think I should be able to have some ice cream tomorrow afternoon after riding for 43 miles with an hour long hard Bosu class halfway through the ride

Will ride for Blue Bell Ice Cream

[Owlie]

I essentially rode 48 miles (round trip) for ice cream and a sandwich. ...after not riding for two weeks. Bad idea. I went out in the afternoon (bad idea), pushed it on the way out (bad idea), and got on the bike too soon after eating (worse idea). You can see where this is going. There was no puking, but it was a pretty miserable 14 miles back to Xenia, where I refilled my water bottles, then sat on a bench, totally exhausted, and called my boyfriend to ask "Do I have to ride the ten miles back to the car?"