Been looking forward to this ride since I mentioned it to Robert a few weeks back. It’s certainly one of my favorites. I had Friday off due to the observance of Nevada Day, and in the afternoon I sent Joy a text message asking if she wanted to carpool over…
Month: October 2023
Great ride to work today. Started a little earlier than usual so I decided to extend my ride by going west all the way to Durango and then north to Hacienda. Hacienda between Durango and Rainbow was a dream. The road surface was great and there were no stops or…
Another solid commute with nothing terribly crazy or important to report. I did see a guy walking his bike along Horizon Ridge and I stopped to see if there was anything I could do for him. He was on an older mountain bike and needed a wrench to remove the…
Great day for a ride. Changed up the route a little, on both the ride out and back, to enjoy some new roads. The gnats were AWFUL today. They started near Santa Fe dam and again once I was onto the Rio Hondo and continued on the LA River. There…
Unfortunately today’s commute wasn’t nearly as exciting as Tuesday’s. There were no guest appearances by GVC. No crazy drivers. All in all it was a regular old commute. The ride north along Rainbow is really starting to grow on me and I enjoy it more and more each time I…
Pop quiz. You’re commuting northbound on Las Vegas Blvd waiting at a red light to turn left onto St. Rose Pkwy. While you’re sitting there, a group of four cyclists go barreling through the green light going north on Las Vegas Blvd and hollering your name. You quickly realize they’re…
How can you call it a bike club picnic if you don’t bike with the club to the picnic? 🤔 I was reminded yesterday that there was a GVC picnic planned for today and had a few people ask if I was going. I hemmed and hawed thinking about it…
So this is what it feels like to ride 100 miles and NOT feel like your ass is on fire at the end? Whenever we have a big event like Ride to Remember all the locals come out in support which is a beautiful thing, but it also means the…
It’s funny how today was another live by the tailwind, die by the headwind kind of day. Similar to Tuesday, but in opposite. During the ride to work I was dealing with a headwind. Thankfully it wasn’t too bad, but it was certainly noticeable. The wind remained out of the…
Another live by the tailwind, die by the headwind kind of day. The ride in started with a decently stiff breeze coming in from the south. It was strong and gusty enough to cause me some pause during the Democracy descent. Usually I’m as tucked and as aero as possible…