I decided to try something different today. I’ve been kicking around the idea of how to ride over to the start of the Tuesday Night Adobo Velo ride. One problem is what do I do after the ride to get home? The ride wraps up late enough that riding home…
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I was a little nervous about commuting today. While watching the morning news the weather kept talking about rain coming into the valley with the greatest chance of rain being in the morning. I kept watching the weather reports while I started getting ready. The radar images weren’t showing any…
These sub-40 degree temperatures continue to make hitting the road in the early mornings difficult. I shouldn’t complain too much though, soon enough I’ll be complaining that it’s 90+ at the same hour come June. In typical fashion for a Pebble Marketplace start, Boots and I met up along Democracy…
Another tough start to the day with the cooler temperatures. It really is a struggle to get out the door when you know it is so cold outside. The ride over to Pedal & Pour was uneventful. I met up with Boots at our usual spot. Then the two of…
I finally bit the bullet and busted out the full thermal tights this morning. Temperatures in the 30s are a little cool for summer bibs and leg warmers. I had a great ride to work. I focused on enjoying the ride and keeping the power even while staying in Z2.…
I can hear you now, “What in the world, you’re riding on a Tuesday night again?!” Well, I certainly hope so. I was riding with the Tuesday night crowd near the end of summer ’24. Once the fall semester started I had to put that behind me because I had…
Oof chilly start to the week that’s for certain. Sure the temperature down at Reid Airport was reporting 42 degrees, but weather stations closer to home were showing closer to freezing. These readings were backed up by the ice I spotted in the gutter along Chateau Clermont St as I…
Yesterday, Boots had mentioned some recovery miles for today and potentially doing the Pedal & Pour Sunday ride. As we sat at Starbucks yesterday afternoon and browsed Strava, we received notification that the Pedal & Pour ride was cancelled due to wind. When we left Starbucks to head home we…
Getting out in the morning when it’s this cold is so damned hard, but having people depending on you to show up certainly helps things. Before hitting the sack early last night, I’d heard from Boots that Jennifer wanted to hook up with us for some pre-ride miles. After checking…
I didn’t commute on Wednesday fearing high winds which never materialized. As I sat on campus Wednesday afternoon I was very disappointed to experience decent riding weather. One thing I constantly struggle with is getting motivated to get on the bike, and this struggle is worse in the winter. It…