May 19 daily ride reports, anyone?

[Brandy]

Happy Birthday, Brandy!

Lise

Thanks Lise.

[Duck on Wheels]

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While UK Elephant was testing saddles and shoes, I test rode a Trek 7.6 on "the beautiful bike path by the lake". Wheeeee!

Wow! Is that the beautiful red FX 7.6? That's the bike I'm may buy next. Want a hybrid to use for commuting and errands - and it looks to be the perfect bike. I plan to try one on Sunday.

Yep. The very one. Sort of road end of the hybrid scale. There's also a mountain version (silver) with more of a gear span for climbing, but also somewhat more weight. The guy at the shop had me on a wsd version and a men's 20" frame. Turns out the 20" fit me better and might be just about perfect with the 70mm 17degree stem. My bike back home is more or less like the mountain version of this bike (7.5?), cuz 7 years ago there wasn't this whole range of hybrids from nearly a comfort bike to nearly a road bike. So maybe I'll just upgrade my old one. We'll see.

[Starfish]

Well, today I was a little disappointed to be back in tights and long-sleeved, thermal jersey. But, I did a 30 mile ride that I have been enjoying this week. I had gotten a little tired of getting on the bike last week, so this week I am treating myself to some lighter riding, and trying to just have more fun. This route has a lot less climbing than a lot around here, and I have let myself drive my bike out to a spot where I can start and finish flat for a couple miles. Headwinds to start, but fun tailwinds to finish easy, with a smile. Thought I might get rained on, but didn't!!

[Lifesgreat]

Hit the computrainer with my coach. Did a 10 mile race against my "April ride" self and won by 1.5 miles.

Bike having shifting problems, so it is in the shop. Hopefully, I can get it tomorrow.

[JoyfulGirl]

Just wanted to tag along, hope that's alright.. This looks like a good thing to motivate me when I want to hide my head under a pillow and not get up to bike. Rode about 10 miles today. Stopped at the bike shop to see if they could fix my shift indicator. The guy said "Sure" snatched my bike and said they'd have it back to me by Tuesday. The devestated look on my face was enough for him to hand the bike back to me and say they'd schedule me in to have it fixed same day. Hate having to wait, but it's better than being without my bike. It's just another excuse to look at more bike geeking toys next week anyway.

[crazycanuck]

Didn't want to get up at 5am to go riding..got up anyways..

There were four of us on the 30km ride. Not a bad ride if i do say so meself, except for the niggle in the back of my hammy. When i get my own road bike i'm purchasing a comfy seat-my girlie bits are being squashed.

I'm still working on changning gears but getting there.

I lent my workmate my old mountain bike as she's looking at buying it. If she does buy it, i've got my eye on a few bikes...Much to ian's annoyance...
(i want a bike that fits & doesn't weigh so much) I'll post about that somewhere on the board

I am enjoying getting up hills (road) faster than i would on my old bike...

Off tomorrow to do some mtn biking- (work on hills)

[ladyfish]

Better late than never! I got to do my longest ride to date. I did 35 miles. It was really great to find out that I could do that distance and still feel like I could go further. Granted the hills were mild and the route was relatively flat, but it still was a great ride!

My legs were talking to me during some of the ride, and other times, they felt great. I think I wasn't properly fueled, and that's something I'll have to work on in the future.

Now I just need to get out there and do it again!!!

[Kathi]

I also did 35 miles, my longest ride of the season with hills. The first 14 miles were hilly, not terribly so but they were enough to wear me out. Also, there was a headwind on the last climb. Then there was about 5 miles of downhills. When we hit the flats we had a tailwind and was rolling along about 16 mph. That felt great. Then we had lunch. I had one more hill to climb, near my house, so the rest of the ride I kept my heart rate low and kept a spin of around 85-90 rpm.

I made the last hill, yeah, came home and took a nap. Later, I rolled my muscles on the foam roller (self message) and stretched.

Not bad, considering that I'm 11 weeks from ACL surgery and my ortho's protocol doesn't recommend cycling until the 13th week!

I did have some saddle soreness and sore glutes. My saddle is 1/2 cm higher than normal due to using platform pedals and I can't raise my handlebars to compensate. I can't wait to get back to my clipless pedals.

I was tired enough that I don't think I'll try this loop again for awhile. I need more muscle endurance!