June 18 ride reports...

[mimitabby]

After that long ride saturday, hubby thought we ought to do a good ride sunday too.
So we rode from home to ballard and back, going through downtown on the way home.
2nd avenue was almost deserted, we figured it wouldn't be the tense affair that it usually is during the week.
2nd avenue has a bike lane on the left, and 3 other lanes for cars.
We were almost "done" with 2nd avenue when a car came down the center lane, not very fast, but faster than us (we're on the tandem)
at the last minute, when we were almost to the intersection they decided to turn left in front of us. My husband who is blessed by a huge voice started screaming obscenities. The car slowed down and decided NOT to turn in front of us and shot down the street so they could turn left 2 blocks further up.
If they had turned just there (FROM THE CENTER LANE!) we probably would have crashed!
I gave my guy lots of hugs and thanked him for using his big voice and saving our lives. We had 23 miles on the bike when we got home.

[Nokomis]

We did a 3 golf course loop 51 miles, one climb early and two near the end. New seat was great, even felt good to get back on after we took a short break. Climbing is getting better- it's still tough, but I haven't had to suck wind like last year, and am finding myself recovered by the time I descend, or very shortly there after. We did run out of water with 10 miles to go, and the muscles were getting fatigued. I thought I'd be hurting today, but I'm feeling great. Huzzah!