Quote Originally Posted by skywalkerbeth View Post
Thank you again everyone! As it happened, the sun was the least of my worries although I was completely suited up. No sun got through that day. Literally. haha

I bailed at mile 10 because it was too bloody cold!!
Well at least you're prepared for next year! You might also want to look into the NYC Century. The roads aren't closed to cars but it's a nice ride through four boroughs (or at least it was when I did it years ago).

I'm looking forward to some improvement in the weather -- I am getting tired of trying to guess what to wear for bike rides in this cool damp cloudy weather with a constant chance of rain. Last Saturday I went with wool under an unlined Gore rain jacket. I alternated between being cold and being too warm. The ride was 62 miles with rest stops on the Chesapeake Bay and the Patuxent River and it was noticeably colder near both bodies of water. So we'd start cold near the water, warm up as we rode and start thinking about removing layers, then get blasted by the chill again as we approached the next stop. I am just glad that it didn't actually rain! And it helped that I was riding with friends and ran into other friends at the rest stops. Lots of moral support.