June 8 Ride Reports

[Geonz]

If it works for you, it's okay!
12 miles is good for getting that relationship going... 13 mph also a good "how does this thing work again?" speed especially if you've been riding something else so you have to get back those motor habits. (And especially in Columbia, unless you know some routes I didn't when I lived there a few years back!)

For me, 12 miles without breakfast is fine. On supported rides I often do the first leg before I really eat anything, though I generally ahve tea and a little something like half a bagel or a couple of handfuls of dry cereal.

I cruised out to work this a.m., recovering a little from yesterday's hard ride, but it was much easier because (DUH!) um... I inflated the tires. Prob'ly can't go *too* long on the ride home, but who knows, I might take a few personal hours and leave early.

Yea, sometimes you need to learn the same lesson again and again and again. 70 psi front and 60 psi back are not going to want to go more than 13 mph into the wind PERIOD. I'm just lucky I didn't get pinch flats, since we were on some nasty roads.

[Fredwina]

hibiscus09,
I think anyone can start these. Usually if no has started a thread when I read ir in the AM, I'll start it.
I usuually ride early in the morning, and I don't have breakfast before I ride, so I would also think you're ok there.
my ride today:
13 miles - more fog, I tried to take to take easy, as I have a century on saturday that invlovles 8000 feet of climbing (Orange County Wheelmen's Ride Around The Bear). Noticed a lot more cars the usual.

[MomOnBike]

Now that summer has arrived and I'm in severe danger of melting if I ride during the day, I bit the bullet & got up tfor a ride when DH's alarm clock went off.

It was a lovely ride. I saw two herons in flight. The hills were not too bad, considering I was doing my thing without breakfast, and the humidity monster hadn't quite awakened yet. Not bad.

Got home, took a shower, then before I was dry Younger Daughter called because she needed me to go (on bike, she had the car) back UP part of my route, 'cause we had forgotten that the doc needs money when you go. (So much for the shower)

It wasn't all bad, I hit 30 mph on my way home. <--notice bugs in teeth.

I think I'll do the morning ride thing again soon, but without the add-on at the end.

[caligurl]

hibiscus09,
I think anyone can start these. Usually if no has started a thread when I read ir in the AM, I'll start it.
I usuually ride early in the morning, and I don't have breakfast before I ride, so I would also think you're ok there.
my ride today:
13 miles - more fog, I tried to take to take easy, as I have a century on saturday that invlovles 8000 feet of climbing (Orange County Wheelmen's Ride Around The Bear). Noticed a lot more cars the usual.

i'm doing the bear, too! 2nd year! hope it's nice in the morning (not too cold) so that i don't have have wear leg warmers for the start! but then.... unless it's already in the 70's.... i'll be in leg warmers! that's just me!

[wabisabi]

Big yellow thing up in sky....which is itself a strange shade of ...blue....happy I rode bike to work today, might venture out into this strange world. I think I can even get away with shorts!

Also, I must share that I am so happy that I just found out that one of my favorite colleagues here used to be an editor at Bike World! Loves Rivendells, knows bikes; we talked serious bike geek this morning "before" our real meeting.

[Fredwina]

well, since I am the secertary of the Cycling Connection, I will be in thier His-viz Yellow/Green and blue (see www.cyclingconection.org. and we asssume no responsibilty for temporary blindness ) on a silver and red Cannondale