Three rides in three days. Yes, it's been a while. Riding and Blogging. We are supposedly training for the Wildflower Century on April 27th which is our anniversary weekend. I do not think we will be riding the full century but maybe the metric.
Friday we did one of our "short loops." Starting from our house we did short, but hilly 13 miles. Wind...always wind. Friday night we had a "bike date" - rode the Townies for a beer and burgers at the Yardhouse. After dinner we rode to the theaters and saw "42". The best part is always the ride home in the dark.
Saturday we rode with Block Bikes. Again we started at our house riding to the shop. Riding as one group we headed East on Ave L. The split was at 70th Street west with the short group turning right, the medium heading to 90th and the fast group leaving us in the dust. We did our best to keep up with the medium group but were soon looking at the backs of bikes heading away from us. The first two miles were a false flat and we had a stiff head wind. We caught a couple riders on the down hill and kept the main group in our sights once we finally had a tailwind and a slight downhill. 33 1/2 miles and we felt it. We usually stop when we ride by ourselves and stretch, so were hurting, especially Ev's back.
Sunday we did a recovery ride to breakfast. We rode to the Sierra bike path, then a short eastward trek on Ave S, then to breakfast near Palmdale City Hall. After breakfast it was back home. A very windy ride it was, but glad we got out of bed to do it! 17 1/2 miles.
I just put on new 28c tires on the bike. Boy they are skinny. Think I might have made a mistake.
