July 16 Ride Reports

[Fredwina]

I got an early start, to because the forecast high is 105, without any heat index. Bit then again, the humidity here is only 35%.
I did a little bit longer loop over to the club meeting place. I managed to hang with 20MPH+ group until the first hill, where I got dropped and then got caught by a light. I still plugged away, and caught a couple of other folks who didn't go do hills. We rode a bit slower pace until a rest area. The slow group arrived, and left my charges with them and headed to church. Did a little bit extra afterwards, and am debating doing another. I think I'm getting acclimated, when I think 88 feels cool

[wavedancer]

I did a morning 50-mile ride, my longest so far this year. Beautiful here on the Cape, although it is now up in the mid-80s and getting more humid. One part of my route follows the shore and there is an osprey nest in a platform no more that 50 feet from the road. I stopped for awhile and watched the young-uns paractice flying in the nest. They are almost full-grown, but not quite fledged. They would sit on the edge of the nest flapping their wings, and one of them would do brief levitation "hops" Any day now they should be flying!

Linda

[Triskeliongirl]

Hey wavedancer- you never replied to my PM I too had a great ride this morning on cape cod. I rode from Woods Hole up to Buzzards Bay/Bourne and along the cape cod canal up to sandwich, all along the coastal rd, mostly shore drive. Made a perfect metric century! I wonder if we passed each other on the canal and didn't even know it? I never knew how to get past Bourne and enter the canal, but there was a group ride out of a local shop this morning. Only one couple showed up and me, and they were faaast, but we stayed together to the canal so they could show me the way. That was key, since it was what I needed to know to get to P-town traffic free! Coming from the texas heat, it was nice and COOOL!! I was downright cold for the first half hour. It was amazing to ride in sub-100 degree weather. PM me!! -e

[KnottedYet]

Toodled out to Marymoor Park and back (42 miles). Took some pictures with my new (first) digital camera, but had major technical difficulties trying to download pics to computer. No pictures. Bummer.

Saw dogs chasing geese into the water, nifty sculptures (of which I took pics), people practicing fly-casting (where I took a little nap on a bench in the shade) and a dude riding his bike with a video camera duct-taped to his helmet.

Smile, you're on biker camera!

Saw many pretty bikes on this very pretty day.

[Kitsune06]

Just a couple miles today, biking up and down our gravel road, collecting funds for my fundraiser. I wish I knew exactly how much these people were planning on contributing.

[kerrybelle]

We went on a great 37 mile club ride, followed by a BBQ at a local park. One of the best things was swimming in the lake after the ride. It was hot today! Good ride, good company, good day.

While we were in the lake, we watched a car roll down the hill and into the lake! Luckily there wasn't anyone in the path of the car and it didn't get too, too deep into the water. They were able to get it out pretty quickly.

Kerry

[newfsmith]

It was really muggy here, 85 to 90 F with 72%humidity. I had a really had time keeping hydrated. I drank 214 oz (6.42 L) on my ride, but I still didn't have to pee until I got home.

[emily_in_nc]

I did a 45 minute mountain bike ride with my husband and our advanced mountain biking friend Dave on the single track on our property, then double track horse trails (very rocky!) we can access from our property. Short ride by roadie standards, but super intense!

I was proud of myself - I rode over a log for the first time (twice), did a creek crossing, and didn't wipe out once, despite numerous close calls. It was FUNNNNN, and I am sure will be even more fun next time when I have my full-suspension Titus Racer-X! This ride was done on my 32-lb hardtail, so getting up the long climbs was slooooow....but I did it! And I actually got mud on my bike and legs - as a new mountain biker, guess I've been initiated into the dirt girl club!

Emily