Say do you remember...cycling in September

[Crankin]

Did my club ride today; the same 40 mile route as I did on Labor Day, but, it's much cooler and drier out (yay!).
So, the spirit of our Wednesday group seems to be changing. Older members are slowing down (I mean 75+) and want slower, shorter rides. We have a pretty big group of people who like the moderately paced (15-17 on the flats, slowing on hills), but those rides seem to be the shorter ones... the faster guys, and it's mostly, but not all guys, do longer routes, but they are quite speedy, probably averaging around 17-19. So, today, the longer ride was led by my friend, Jack, who clearly stated it would be at the regular pace. We did not start out slowly, and didn't stop at all until after we had climbed the 3 mile hill in Littleton. I told the sweep I was going to go very slowly, but in fact, I was not the last one up. When we got to the top, we stopped at an orchard and I heard the sweep and another guy grumbling about the pace, so I said something to Jack. He invited a group to go ahead and do a breakaway... thankfully, 4-6 did and Jack slowed down after I told him to! I mean my average was over 15 after 24 miles and the climb, and I knew I couldn't keep it up for 16 more miles, on rollers. So, I did enjoy the second half, after very nearly turning back before we climbed the hill.
Had pizza and beer, back at Jack's house to celebrate the "second 75th birthday," of the guy Jack and I have been pacing for the last few Wednesdays...

[ny biker]

I did my usual Wednesday night ride tonight, even managed to start a bit earlier than usual. I left the really bright headlight home -- I blame my job, too many meetings this morning distracted me when I was getting everything ready before leaving for work. I had a couple of smaller lights to make me visible, but struggled to see in the dark in a few spots. Fortunately I know the route and the bumpy stretches of road well enough to be able to do the ride without any mishaps.

Things have been very bad at work this week, and I really needed the bike ride to clear my head. I can't wait for the weekend.

[rebeccaC]

as i wrote above no riding today but we made it to carmel for the sunset

[salsabike]

rebeccaC, you are a great photographer!

[rebeccaC]

rebeccaC, you are a great photographer!

thanks...but it may be more about the lenses and camera *S*

going to ride to the carmel mission to photograph it tomorrow and then hopefully i can get some good photos in big sur on our way south

eta...Rather than post again I’ll just add todays here

Carmel’s….Mission San Carlos Borromeo del rio Camelo










Big Sur






Pfeiffer Beach

[salsabike]

I know--those help. But still!

Any chance of seeing your Norway tour pictures sometime?

[rebeccaC]

Any chance of seeing your Norway tour pictures sometime?

I wish i could....i lost the sdhc cards that had the photos before i got back to my computer and the luggage I left at the hotel in oslo. I did post a couple cell phone ones in the july thread.

thinking it means I'll have to go back