Rides This weekend 10/26-27

[Becky]

Saturday was our club's annual mountain bike festival. I was there at 6:30 and spent most of the day working for either the club or at my team's shop tent. I only got 4 miles in at the very end of the day, but I still had a great day. The free beer for volunteers and a good score at the raffle definitely helped

On Sunday, I rode 34 windy road miles with a friend who was also feeling the need to get out and stretch the legs.

It's hard to believe that the year is almost over and I need to start thinking about either night riding or trainer workouts. :/

[Giulianna23]

32 hilly miles yesterday with great weather. Went up Observatory Hill once again. The Church that offers our group kind of like a SAG for this ride every Tuesday had a pitch -in and invited the group to grab a snack but they ended up giving us lunch (mac n cheese, salad, Ham etc etc).
Had a great time with the group yesterday it was beautiful out there.

[Sky King]

We wanted to take advantage of the beautiful fall weather yesterday as the rest of the week is forecasting rain. We also needed a few items from Costco so why not combine the two.
We loaded up with our panniers, front bags and saddlebags and had an great long ride. A set of "road" bikers passed us and one rider said something like "wow" or "oh my" so I shouted, "we are going to Costco" they all laughed. They probably also wondered why we were headed in the opposite direction A nice ride heading east along the river and then a big loop back west found us at Costco after about 22 miles. The down side was Costco happened to have one of our favorite beers in stock - by the case of course, and we knew we hadn't planned well enough to fit 24 bottles of beer in our bags. The entire ride was just under 32 miles with the last 10 being fairly loaded - I had a case of Amy's soup, kiwi's, avocados,bread and organic chicken on my bike.
Next time we may have to shorten the ride and take the Bob but then they probably won't have the beer - ha

[BikeDutchess]

Thanks, Catrin and rebeccaC!

[ridebikeme]

Ahhh Guilianna23 you're making me the Hoosier state!

[emily_in_nc]

Beautiful photo, Bike Dutchess -- breathtaking color and scenery, so nicely set off by your colorful jersey!

Up until today, we have had crazy gorgeous fall weather here in KC -- bright blue skies, bright foliage, and not too cold to ride, at least in the afternoons (highs in the 50s and 60s). DH and I got out for two very nice rides Sunday and Monday.

On Sunday afternoon we did a 20 mile ride on our road bikes, just around the neighborhoods. I took a few foliage photos as it was so pretty out! Yesterday (Monday) we did a 34-mile urban ride on our mountain bikes. About 2/3 of the miles were on the Indian Creek Trail (paved multi-use trail -- we tend to avoid on weekends since it gets too crowded). The other third were getting to and from the trail and doing a grocery stop. We also stopped in at Subway for a Tuscan Chicken sub and some PowerAde.

Here are a few of the foliage photos I've taken in the past week. We're having rain now for the next few days, so I am glad I got these when I did!

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[BikeDutchess]

Beautiful photo, Bike Dutchess -- breathtaking color and scenery, so nicely set off by your colorful jersey!

Thanks Emily! That is actually my daughter in the photo (my legs aren't quite as chiseled ), but she is wearing one of my jerseys!

Love the fall colors in your photos too!

[emily_in_nc]

I love that you rode to Costco, Sky King! We did that recently too. We didn't need too much, which helped. I had a backpack, and my DH had his Arkel Tailrider on the rack, plus extra stuff under a cargo net and bungees. I don't think many people in Kansas City ride to Costco, but we love being different.

Normally we are getting way too much there (including a case or two of beer) to ride, but this time it just worked out.

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[Sky King]

I love that you rode to Costco, Sky King! We did that recently too. We didn't need too much, which helped. I had a backpack, and my DH had his Arkel Tailrider on the rack, plus extra stuff under a cargo net and bungees. I don't think many people in Kansas City ride to Costco, but we love being different.

Normally we are getting way too much there (including a case or two of beer) to ride, but this time it just worked out.

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Who knows, maybe we can start a new fad...

[ride4fun]

What a great week end we just had.
Steve decided to take Friday off so we got in 22 miles of great single track riding . We were able to link a number of trails together to get some great
climbs and fun down hill.
Sat. we took the Fat Bikes out and did 66 miles of mostly paved , we started from home and rode to Lucky Peak Dam and back.
The weather was great and we are loving the Fat Bikes.
My Road Bike is now for sale.