My partner and I did 17.5 miles on our new mountain bikes in a local park. It was pavement riding, but very pleasant. We waited until 6 to start riding when it was a bit cooler.

Got our first crash out of the way. A bug flew into her eye, which resulted in her grabbing the front break and flipping over. I was following too closely so my choices were to run her over or lay down my bike. Thankfully neither of us got more than a sore finger and scrape on the leg. I tried the front brake trick on a motorcycle once and broke my ankle, so this experience was pretty pleasant.

On the plus side we got to see lots of birds.