April Rides

[Fredwina]

We have a several Fiberglass tigers(University of Memphis mascot) that have been decorated. I rode by this Monday.

and on Thursday.

I had to ride by the Liberty Bowl, UofM's stadium:

And I went by the Pink Palace. Mr. Saunders founded Piggly Wiggly:

[azfiddle]

Jolt- I don't know if my LHT had the stock saddle or not- a plain white one- but it was awful! I replaced it with my pretty old and nearly falling apart Jett, but need to figure out what I will use on permanently. Hope you find a good one.

No ride for me today- I played a dance in Phoenix last night, got home at 1 am and today's weather forecast was wind, wind, wind (up to 40 mph gusts). Good day to take a break and I'll pedal tomorrow.

[Owlie]

Jolt- I don't know if my LHT had the stock saddle or not- a plain white one- but it was awful! I replaced it with my pretty old and nearly falling apart Jett, but need to figure out what I will use on permanently. Hope you find a good one.

No ride for me today- I played a dance in Phoenix last night, got home at 1 am and today's weather forecast was wind, wind, wind (up to 40 mph gusts). Good day to take a break and I'll pedal tomorrow.

I took today off work because the AC would be down (go figure it's a temperature that's comfortable without AC), and didn't ride because of the wind. Just as well. It's raining.

[Fredwina]

not a good way to start a ride. Thankfully, it was a false alarm:

Still in Memphis:

Getting ready for a pigout:

did 40 miles - a season's best for me.

[emily_in_nc]

Enjoying all the posts here, especially seeing your photos! We've had some good rides lately, and here are a couple of blog posts:

Random interesting or pretty things we saw while riding in April:
http://travelingtwosome.weebly.com/1...wo-wheels.html

The Prairie Spirit Trail, which we rode yesterday -- VERY nice! Definitely a hidden gem...if you are ever in Kansas:
http://travelingtwosome.weebly.com/1...yes-we-do.html

[colorisnt]

The BF got a new bike and we decided to take it out RIGHT away. It rained a little but then got beautiful. We had some AWFUL winds but we didn't let that keep us down. We logged 44 miles total, had some beer, and had a lot of fun. Here's my BF and his new Scott Team Cross bike. We got it for a song $1000.00 at the LBS! He loves it.

[Jolt]

I had a little more time after work today so rode for a little over 45 minutes...10 minutes in it started to rain (despite the sun being out when I left the house), but it never got that heavy and then it stopped (or I rode out of the shower). After determining on the previous ride that the stock saddle was awful (azfiddle, mine was not white so the one on your bike was likely not the original), I put on the Selle An-Atomica that I had tried on the too-big bike to see if it would be any better on the LHT. It was, but still not as comfortable as it should be. I think I need to play around with adjusting it b/c the edges of the cutout were causing some soft-tissue discomfort (sit bones felt great). Anyone have any tips on how to adjust that saddle to solve that problem? I also am thinking I need to make some adjustments to the brake levers...they are a little big for small hands to grab (really difficult from the drops, and from the hoods I have a feeling it would be hard to make a fast stop if needed). I will have to see if it is possible to put shims in these levers to bring them in a bit or if they will need to be swapped out altogether. Other than these fine-tuning issues, the bike seems to be a good fit and is really nice to ride--I like how stable the handling is (for the first time, I felt safe going fast down this one big hill on the way home) and the fact that it takes wider tires. I am also hoping to load it up for a camping trip or two this summer...I think that would be a lot of fun .