July 22 ride

[btchance]

I managed to get a ride in between storms. The heat finally broke and we had storms last night, I left this morning about 7 with clouds, started on my loop and heard a little bit of what I thought was thunder, but you can never tell for sure because part of my ride goes right next to the airport, and I sometimes confuse the sounds when they're at a distance. Turns out I was right, it was thunder, and less than 30min after I got home the storms started up again and have been going on all day. At least it's cool!!! and I got some riding in

[SadieKate]

Bubba and I are in Bend for a little fun in the dirt --

We've found a very few patches of fireweed today. We did see a badger but no pictures.


Me coming down Phil's trail


Just a bit further, down I found this nice guy.


Found him again at the famous Flaming Chicken roundy (Bend has traffic roundies with the first being decorated with a phoenix sculpture. Of course, the irreverent trail builders had to replicate it out in the forest).


What's for dinner after 27 miles of singletrack? Cajun Shrimp and dirty rice, err, toes

[Fredwina]

I started out to do a century(Santa Maria Windmills), but....
Things were going swimmingly until mile 30. I had been hear a thump on my tire, which I thought at some tar or bubblegum I ran over. After 10 miles, I pulled and noticed a bulge in my rear tire . The sag pulled in right behind me, and y=we soon en route to his house. I was given on of his used "tires" which was same was what I have on mine (he didn't like them). I was soon on the road , but about 10 miles down, I made a little side loop to gain back some time , and then proceeded to pull a Floyd on Wednesday in the 2 miles. I'll probably post some more in adventure stories.

[mimitabby]

I started out to do a century(Santa Maria Windmills), but....
Things were going swimmingly until mile 30. I had been hear a thump on my tire, which I thought at some tar or bubblegum I ran over. After 10 miles, I pulled and noticed a bulge in my rear tire . The sag pulled in right behind me, and y=we soon en route to his house. I was given on of his used "tires" which was same was what I have on mine (he didn't like them). I was soon on the road , but about 10 miles down, I made a little side loop to gain back some time , and then proceeded to pull a Floyd on Wednesday in the 2 miles. I'll probably post some more in adventure stories.

Fredwina,
what does pull a floyd on wednesday mean? oh, wait!!! you BURNED?
wha happened? was it hot, tell us. okay, i'll look in adventure stories!

[crazybikinchic]

Today, my new cycling partner and I went on a 27 mile ride. She is just coming back from a school induced cycling break, so this was her longest ride since. We went to my favorite loop, out in the country, not much traffic, just the sounds of the tires on the road, a moo from a cow here and there (you know, all the stuff that you don't hear in the city that are all so therapeutic).

Life is great on 2 wheels!

[Tiffanie]

Mimitabby, wow! So glad you guys were able to help - what a ride.

Sadiekate, that's a great picture of you. Looks beautiful there!

No ride for me today.

[Brandy]

HOT, HOT, HOT ride with the crew from Bike Forums. 62 miles...did I mention it was hot? We rode from Irvine to Solana Beach and planned to hop on a train and come back. Of course, the trains were delayed. Three hours later it finally happened. Ugh. That sucked!

[Fuji Girl]

Who did you ride with from BF Brandy?

I guess Chicago was the only place in the US that wasn't horribly hot. The rain finally let up and it was absolutely beautiful on Saturday. 75-80 degrees, light wind, sunny. I wish every day could be like that.

Oh yeah, the ride. I went out with some women from my local club, Chix on Bikes, and we did 50 miles in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, with occasional stops for food, water, and coffee. It was great. I've never done 50 miles before, so it was a personal first.