Say do you remember...cycling in September

[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

[salsabike]

Oh--painful! But of course then you need to go back.

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

[Dragonfly5]

Your pictures are beautiful RebeccaC!

Only 13.5 miles today but it was a little more hilly than the ride I usually do so I guess it evens out. 50, cloudy and breezy but that first two miles of gradual uphill got the blood pumping

[Crankin]

I was the sweep for a club ride today, last minute. My friend, who we often lead with, posted an impromptu redux of the bike rally route for this morning on Wednesday. I took a rest day yesterday, felt a little off, but seemed OK last night. Then, when I woke up, I felt like I had been hit by a truck! Oh, oh... I couldn't cancel, so I went back to sleep for awhile, since the ride starts in Concord, but that kind of made it worse. So, I had some tea, took 3 Pepto tabs, and rinsed my nose. It was about 35 when I got up, but it was predicted to rise rapidly, and it did. In fact, I was a bit warm on the ride, but taking my arm warmers off, did the trick enough to make up for having my vest on.
This is a really pretty ride that I planned with DH; the group was nice, and I am really glad I was sweeping, because I could not have kept up with the rest! There were 2-4 slower people, and they didn't start annoying me until about 5 miles from the finish, when I usually book it, and they got super slow. No incidents, and pretty good riding behavior. The only down side was it's apple picking season and one of the prettiest roads on the ride was just filled with cars going to Honey Pot Hill Orchard. I know this is a big deal to people from the city, but it gets really annoying to have these roads clogged at my favorite time of year. Thankfully, the hill is after the orchard.
The group stayed to eat lunch at Verrill Farm, where we started, but I headed home, since DH had just arrived home from a 2 week trip to Japan and China.
29 miles with about 1800 feet of climbing.

[shootingstar]

We had a damaging snow dump last week, which damaged 2,000 trees across the city.
Snow melted..but now with combination of rising temperatures, the trees are turning brilliant yellow too fast, already! So my bike ride started to feel awfully nostalgic today.

[rebeccaC]

Thanks Dragonfly5 !!

Perfect day of riding for me after being gone for a week… I rode into the Santa Monica mountains for a 71 mile ride. For the climb off Pacific Coast Highway into the mountains I did Las Flores canyon road which begins with a 4.6 mile 2200 ft of elevation climb where once the grade eases back down to 8% from 13% I feel I’ve come onto a flat section. 30 miles and three more good hard 1.5 to 3 mile 10-11% climbs and it was then Encinal canyon road, which is one of the easier climbs into the mountains, and a pleasant descent back to PCH. Mid 70’s and ocean air conditioning for a lot of the miles. Since I just took my second weeks vacation this year I’ll probably be working too much to ride, other than commuting and shopping, for the next two weeks. That’s one of the reasons I wanted a good ride this weekend. Tomorrow it’s just a ride to the farmers market in the morning, some errands and to a lunch with some friends 9 miles south on the beach bike path.