July 16 Ride Reports

[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

[EvilTwin]

UGGGH..Rode 54 miles today and it felt like a million. Since I joined the slacker club in the last week, I haven't ridden in over a week. OK, almost 2 weeks. It showed. I was frustrated, my BF was frustrated, and I have 2 weeks until Bike Idaho. This is gonna suck. It was hot, and I just flat out couldn't get my *** out of my own way. Hope everyone else had a better day, I'm just gonna go to bed and hope for a better day tomorrow.

[Kalidurga]

32 miles on the Western Maryland Rail Trail out at Hancock, MD. Damned hot day, but gorgeous sky and scenery. I sweated like a pig and had to really push myself to do the last 10 miles, but it felt good anyway

After adjusting my saddle position twice today, I've realized it's time to stop fiddling on my own and go for a good, thorough Serotta fitting. The Fit Kit System that I had done after buying my bike just didn't cut it and I'm tired of half of my ride breaks being for the purpose of making adjustments. Hopefully, I can post the good results of being re-fitted after next weekend's rides.