november rides....outside and inside

[rebeccaC]

Some nice rides going on!

I did an indoor ride at the gym yesterday, really nice to just sit there and pedal instead of dodging cars.

any pedaling is good pedaling .....i know we are blessed here with some good bike paths without car worries!!!

[rebeccaC]

Started a little later than usual for a santa monica mountains ride cuz the friend I was riding with can be a ditz and didn’t show up until 11. She’s an incredible climber though and it’s always a good challenge riding with her so I didn’t mind the wait that much. After the coast ride on the way out we rode up the steepest canyon road into the mountains, a 9 mile 2000+ft gain ride with some up to 12% grades. Madison has a smooth constant flow to her motion that helped my climbing with my first rides watching and talking to her when I first moved here. She's been a large influence on my determination and riding technique. Her willingness to help others become better riders and her positive attitude are gifts that i've always truly appreciated. We did three good climbs off and back to Mulholland hwy and came back down to the ocean at leo carrillo beach. Beautiful riding weather in the low 70’s the entire mountain part of the 78 mile ride.

We stopped at the Urth cafe by the beach in santa monica on the way home and took some drinks and their incredible cheesecake to the beach and watched the sunset....a good ending to a good ride

[salsabike]

Beautiful photo, rebeccaC. Thanks.

[Crankin]

Did a hilly 14 mile ride yesterday, before our Chanukah guests arrived. Weirdly, it was only 2 degrees warmer than yesterday, but it felt much warmer. I was a bit overdressed, but same scenario as yesterday, took off the head cover and glove liners, and dealt with it.
I have so much eating this week... last night, and tomorrow is my anniversary and we are going to a really great farm to table restuarant that is extremely hard to get into. Then Wednesday is my bike group's Chanukah party. I am planning on riding before the eating, but there is also an alternate hike. The past 2 years I've hiked, but it's not that fun of a hike, and the group goes too slowly for me. I've ridden at this party when it used to be up in Portsmouth, NH, and we would ride along the coast. For the past few years, it's been very close to where I live, which is nice, but I've let the cold weather give me an excuse.