Beautiful Day to Ride

I felt like I was dragging all day. I cut the lawn, paid bills, and ran errands. I finally went out to ride around 5:00 PM. The weather was great and after I got warmed I started to feel more energetic. I rode 27.5 miles at a 14 mph pace. Then farthest and fastest of [...]

Two Days in Row

I got out for another ride today. It was the first time that I rode on consecutive days since last September. I took the same route as yesterday with the exception of one little detour.  The weather was again quite nice, and it was much less windy. It must of been the wind that slowed [...]

The Long Hard Road Back

A couple of illnesses and some travel for work kept me off my bike for about six weeks in the late fall. When I had a chance to ride again, it had gotten cold and I was not prepared to deal with it. Since last October I had ridden less than 50 miles. I got [...]

Back in the Saddle

I got out for a brief ride on Saturday. I was out running errands, including getting my car washed. As I pulled back into the driveway, I realized it was 63 degrees. I had to get out and ride. It was already 4:20 PM, so I grabbed my hybrid and rode around the neighborhood for [...]

Still Having Bad Luck

I rode up to Lewistown today to lead the club’s Pick Your Distance Ride. I hit a bump on the new paving on Christopher’s Crossing, and my mirror fell off. I heard something hit the ground, looked down, but I  could not tell what had fallen. I stopped and looked back just in time to [...]

Long Ride After a Long Layoff

I was off the bike for four weeks in later July and most of August. The first week was due to travel and the rest was due to having the flu. I have been riding again for about two weeks covering 62 and 80 miles per week. Today I joined members of the club to [...]

Flattest Metric Century Anywhere

I believe in truth in advertising so I have to inform that the flattest metric century is only 59.5 miles according to my odometer. I had hoped to break my personal best for a ride of 50 miles today, but I failed miserably. My personal best is 15.8 mph, which I did last year [...]

Three Unions and a Windsor 2008

The club held a ride today for the 4th of July. We did another variation of Three Unions and a Windsor.  This is a popular ride mostly through Carrol County. I have done it several times before and I think I do a different variation each time.
This was my 49th ride of the year, and I [...]

All the Hills That I can Handle

I only got in ten miles of riding last week due to family and work commitments as well as regular thunderstorms, so I was looking forward to today’s ride. I had originally planned to do this ride at the end of June, so I planned an early start of 8:30 AM to beat the heat. [...]

New Climbing Data from Mapmyride.com

I am leading a ride tomorrow that has three good size hills. It is challenging for some of the regular C riders from the club but doable, and that is the description I have had to fall back on. I have been interested in quantfiying it better for my own benefit at least, if not [...]