June 18 ride reports...

[winddance]

of course I own 2 black cats, so they cancel it out !

I've got two cats, only they own me! It's a good thing they're cute...

RunningMommy, I'm glad you managed to evade that driver and are all right. Sounds like a scary, close call.

Bikerz and I rode the Bay Trail today. We really booked it up to Richmond. There weren't a lot of people out until we got to the marina up there, and then there was a lot of "highly oblivious person evasion" (HOPE) with people on headphones and unable to hear us calling out, or just not paying attention in general. I almost got chased by a dog that was off a leash, but the owner called him off. That was good.

I always like riding this trail, because you really get a good look at the bay. I'm always thinking, "look where I get to ride!" and really enjoying the scenery. The wind picked up towards the end (just what we needed) but we still managed to increase bikerz's personal average speed record for this trail by a tenth of a mile.

I had a great time!

[Fredwina]

I lead a club bagel ride (about 15 in the am. It was mostly fast guys who wanted to go farther, so I told them they were were on their own. I bought a New Camelbak last night, so tried it out and scoped a ride I will be leading on 7/1 to an air museum(wen by Corsair drive...). It all worked out OK. Typical Inland Southern California June day (Hazy with temps in the 90's)

[Lise]

Rode around town, meeting, brunch, errands, racked up 10+ miles on the Bianchi. I don't know if it's the bike or if I'm getting stronger, but the wind has not bothered me so much this weekend. Maybe it's because riding on city streets, the wind gets broken up some by buildings and cars? I don't know. But I have the feeling of cutting through the wind with the Bianchi that I don't have with the Marin.

Then I ran 2.5 miles after my nap this afternoon. Starting a 19 hr call shift tonight, so I'm going to shower, eat, watch some more IM DVD and try to sleep a bit.

RM, good on 'ya for setting paper guy straight. L.

[Geonz]

Rode to church in half of my newly acquired Gore-Tex rain suit (given to me on week-long trip I just got back from... another post). Started rainig hard just as I left - should have put the whole thing on! Arrived dry from the waist up, drenched downward - and then the homily included mention of Father Tom's mom's parish in Ireland where only paying folks could sit in pews, and they would arrive all wet and be standing there in their damp clothes... but I at least got to be sitting :-)
Too much catching up to do to get miles in, tho' I am hoping to get 1000 miles this month.
LIse, sounds like one bike cuts the wind better than the other :-) Down here in CHampaign the buildings make a *big* diff, though, over out on the prairies.
Good educating on the paper-guy! It is also an object lesson in the advantages of being further out in the lane when going straight (though that depends so much on that corner and that traffic). I learned to appreciate lane-taking (no 'incidents,' fortunately) on my 100 mile ride this week - mile after mile of serious traffic on a two-lane road.

[KnottedYet]

Rode 30 miles on the Burke Gilman trail. Half the time with a teammate from Team Survivor. Stopped for a couple picnics and to remove my dang front fender and adjust my dang rear derailleur and yank at my dang dragging brake pad. Once while kicking back on my favorite bench (BG and 97th/Densmore) I saw this blue tandem go by with a couple wearing soccer jerseys: one yellow, one red. I was on the phone with the S.O. or I would've hollered.

I think it was a TE. Salsa, was that you?

Someone on here said they have a blue tandem and ride in soccer jerseys.

Took a little side trip into Ti Cycles and had a yearning moment for a Jamis Aurora. Would've tried one, but they didn't have one in my size.

http://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/bikes/06_aurora.html

[Crankin]

It was HOT and humid today. I couldn't ride until around 12:30. It was about 90 and very humid. The air was really thick. Took my inhaler with me, but didn't have to use it... we went out with our riding friends. I started really really slowly because I thought I might might really lose it in the heat. I drank my whole Camelbak and 3/4 of a bottle of Accelerade for a 21 mile ride! We didn't go anyplace special, but the fun part was when we got back, we went swimming in the community pond in my neighborhood. Well, I didn't actually "swim," but I went in the water and took a couple of strokes and then lay on my beach chair and chilled out. Then we had a BBQ. I am exhausted from the heat and sun. Hope to ride at 5 AM tomorrow before work, but who knows...

[salsabike]

"I saw this blue tandem go by with a couple wearing soccer jerseys: one yellow, one red. I was on the phone with the S.O. or I would've hollered.

I think it was a TE. Salsa, was that you?"

Hey, KnottedYet! You saw us! How cool. Wish I'd known. I even said to Chris this morning, "Hey, keep an eye out for a woman on a pale blue Kona, okay?"

I think by the time you saw us we were on about mile 73 of an 80 mile ride. We did the 60 mile round-Lake-WA ride, and added on 20 miles worth of the Cedar River Trail down in Renton. Boring, boring trail---aside from a few miles in the woods and really on the river, a lot of the trail goes alongside Rte. 169, busy highway, straight line, blah. But it let us go up to 80, which is all part of revving up for STP on July 15: 80 again next Sunday, 100 the next two Sundays, with several 30 mile rides during the week, and we hope we will be ready to go to Portland in one day this year. Urg. Nice cool day today, nice day for a ride. Still seeing that osprey by Lake Sammamish in his/her favorite dead snag. Lots of herons, some bald eagles. Love this place!

[LL_Super_D]

Rode 24 miles today. It felt like the longest uphill 3-5% grade ever... I felt like a little kid wondering if I was there yet... . The winds coming off the ocean to the mountain top almost knocked me off my bike at times, but the awesome long steep descent down Kings Mountain Road was sooo worth it!

[Patti37]

I rode 46 miles in blazing 90 degree weather after riding 45 on Saturday. It actually felt great.

After complaining about the rain and not being able to ride, how can I complain about the heat.