July 9th Bike Rides

[DebW]

I did a 66 mile ride today. Getting ready for the Tour de Cure 2 day/150 mile ride for diabetes next weekend. Been working on a good route between Wayland and Andover, and I've got it down to 31 miles now. Finally did it without any wrong turns or backtracks (third time was a charm). And got to play with my nephew for an hour in the middle of the ride. Oh, and I tried Nuun and love it!

[Brandi]

Me, my dh and my bf went on a 22 mile bike ride. The first 5 miles almost killed us. 5 miles of steep uphill. almost no break! But the view was really wonderful. Then it was a lot of down hill from there on. A little jelly belly sports bean break. Oh found a watch on the side of the road too. Casio!
My husband had a blow out. Changed he's tire, when the 2nd tube started to leek. There was a very tiny metal splinter in the tire.
The day was wonderful! Now I am eating a blueberry scone watching a movie and relaxing. And feeling a nap coming on!
By the way that is my Dh (dear huasband, today) and Bf(bestfriend not boyfriend) wouldn't that be funny!

[Fredwina]

I was going to do another flat ride today, but decided en route to do a local favorite, Glendora Mountain road.I was having a no so a good of day, I managed to spill a pitcher of lemonade on my new dress a church. I made up 3/4 of the way up, at a bit slow pace than the fourth. road past a horse show and decided to turn around about 2/3 of the way up, when I came down, I could see a brush fire in the Valley, good thing I didn't go to Covina. Got in about 4 hours ,with a lot slower pace than yesterday
here is GMR about 1/4 of the way up:

nice veiw of the lake below. I was suprised by this one, as it's about a 100 foot drop:

and here's where I turned around:

[bikerz]

Just got back from 32 miles along the SF Bay with Winddance (Lisa).

Ahem. It was windy out there! (But at least it was not hot!)

We discovered a new cycling technique for building stength and endurance - "headwind repeats"! Too bad the "tailwind repeat" portion of the exercise is over so soon! We also got a little "SMASHING" in (like Thor! I love that!).

Fun ride, beautiful vistas of the white-capped bay (have I mentioned how windy it was?), full of wind surfers, parasailers, kite-flyers, etc.

[Geonz]

hibiscus, I think I rode there... I did not like it either!!!

I drove all day to pick up folks from the camp bus in Hinsdale (up near Chicago), wait around for the bus, drive back... had time for an 11-mile loop. Sunny and deleightful :-)

[Denise223]

I really didn't feel like going out for a ride today, but....I decided to at least get out on my bike & take it from there.

I am REALLY glad that we went out !!

My husband and I did 14.5 miles -- the scenery was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!
We're lucky -- even though we live in a busy city...we can drive a few miles out west and it's like we're in Vermont or Maine... Just gorgeous!

Our map said that there were going to be "rolling hills". I'm very happy to say that I rode up all of them, so did Ben. On the last part of a couple of them.... I was really huffing & puffing -- but, I did it!!

We've only been out about 13 times since June 5th of this year - so, I know it's going to take awhile to get used to hilly terrain. <<-- of course, these are "hills" to me....

Anyway, it was great getting out today on my bike ..... I'm really happy that I went!

Have a great night!

Denise

[Kalidurga]

First off: Beautiful photos, Fredwina! Gorgeous place to ride, from the looks of it.

I hit two milestones today-- My first ride beyond 30 miles and I crossed the 400 mile mark on the new bike. I'm nowhere near being a fast rider, but I intentionally slowed down my cadence and speed just a bit to be able to extend my distance. The fact that I made it to 32.5 miles on the gravelly C&O Canal towpath makes me feel very confident that my next ride on smooth pavement is gonna be a breeze. And I only whined to myself once or twice in the last mile or so

[tprevost]

Great Job Everyone...

I just did a quick 10 mile recovery ride to our campground and back. Fredwina, I SO want to do Glendora Mtn!!!! I hope to get over there in the next month or so but I'm sure it will take several tries before I get very far up the road

Tracy

[winddance]

What z said. I couldn't believe some of those gusts today. Who needs a wind tunnel?

Can you bonk after a ride? I just went to go get some food for the cats, and slogging up the hill on the way home (I walked) I was definitely slowing down. Time for some streching, some fruit, and recovery couch time...