Great Lakes - Did you ride today?

On Saturday I rode 47 miles of the 'necklace. My front tire got sliced around Albion and had to bag the rest of the ride. The hills were the best part!

On the very roads Armstrong rode today... Madison's Ride the Drive

Buddy of mine and I rode from Chagrin Falls to downtown Cleveland via South Chagrin Reservation, Bedford Metropark, Tinkers Creek, the CVNP towpath, Tremont, Lorain-Carnegie, Euclid Ave, Murray Hill, the Heights area, out Shaker Blvd and worked our way back to Geauga County.

Perfect weather for riding, though I'm whooped this morning. Five hours total riding time.

30.5 miles on Saturday, with any luck ~ 25 mi after work today. Recently moved and trying to get a feel for the routes around my house. Not used to having to drive anywhere to go for a ride!

edit: ended up only going 16.5 (2 laps instead of 3), was running low on sunlight, my timing was all off after work because it was my first time going after work to this course.

10 miler to work this mornin, chilly too. 10 miler goin home. this is my 2 or 3 day a week ride. 175 here I come!!!

45 miles including a loop around Grosse Ile. A tad windy today.

sure did! 3 mile in to work and 3 mile home. 45 degrees in the morning and a wonderful 68 degrees and sunny going home!

1st Wednesday night cross "race" of the season at Edgewater Park.

Another 45 miles. Same route, down Jefferson and looping Grosse Ile. Ran into the same deer hanging out near the airfield. Also saw three big, healthy does near King road, on Fritz Enterprise property. The wind was kind but the temperature hung around 50 degrees. I do enjoy riding at night. The streets are vacant and everything is quiet.

9/8 - 28 miles
Rode thru Shorewood, went as far west to O'Brien Rd / McKenna Rd. then east down Caton Farm back into Joliet.

9/9 - 48 miles
Rode north thru Romeoville, west side of Bolingbrook, west thru Knoch Knolls Park on the new trail and thru south Naperville and SE Aurora, then south thru Plainfield and back home in Joliet. Had bit of detour on last few miles to home thanks to so called roadwork and 'Berlin gate' going up (along I-55) on the East Frontage Rd. south of Caton Farm Rd. My longest ride this year and likely the longest in the past few years.

Cheers,
Brian P.;)

Had a meeting I rode to 15.5 miles away. Unfortunately, 3 miles into the ride back home I got my first flat tire in years. I had nothing with me to patch it up so I had to call for a ride and was stranded for over an hour and a half.

Rode a metric century (http://www.cesa6.k12.wi.us/products_services/fallentimbers/events.cfm) in the rain; nice route (http://www.cesa6.k12.wi.us/fallentimbers/2010%20Ride%2063%20mile%20map.pdf), lots of wildlife, but wet. Poor bike needs a good cleaning, though...
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50 plus to Oberlin and back. Had a really good cup of coffee.

Spent the day at West Branch riding single track. Rode 18.5 miles on my new(er) Stumpjumper FSR. One crash, a face plant on the south section, was the only mishap. Bruised both elbows and knees and the side of my face. Overall a good venture back into the mountain bike scene after last years broken shoulder blade. Legs are good, my skills are lacking......

Spent the day at West Branch riding single track. Rode 18.5 miles on my new(er) Stumpjumper FSR. One crash, a face plant on the south section, was the only mishap. Bruised both elbows and knees and the side of my face. Overall a good venture back into the mountain bike scene after last years broken shoulder blade. Legs are good, my skills are lacking......

Missed you at the cross race today in Cleveland. When we gonna see ya Jeff? Pain doesn't need to be exclusive.:D

Hey Bill...its been a while. Had to make a decision...buy a new mountain bike or a cross bike... Needless to say, I opted for the mtb, so I don't have a cross bike to ride. I'd like to get one eventually but.... Anyway, I've been getting some good miles on the road bike, keeping the weight down along with the blood pressure.

Jason won a cross frame in Westerville but we haven't built it up yet. He's chomping to get out there. How was your summer...

Take care.

Back to my old routine - 45 miles to start off the day. I need to reconnoiter a few new routes though. No one had anything decent in the downriver area on mapmyride.com. I'll keep hunting. I'd like something that's 50+ miles. And it'd be nice to find a safe ride from Wyandotte to Toledo. I wonder how safe Dixie highway is.

Did just over 6 miles to work to use the internet. Still here. Will probably do about 10 miles on the way back, including side trips. New job coming up in Detroit, it's going to cut into my riding a bunch. There's no way in h*** I'm doing century-and-a-half's 4 days a week yet, especially not at 3AM.

72.27 miles this morning. I rolled out of the driveway at 1:30 AM and made it back home by 7:30 AM. The wind was bit bothersome heading down to South Monroe but was quite welcome on the return trip. I love riding at night. The absence of traffic spoils me.


Edit: Oops - I just noticed the time I claimed. Heh... I did not ride 70+ miles in 4.5 hours. That would be quite a feat on my heavy mountain bike.

101.33 miles yesterday. My knees are killing me today. I rode from Downriver Detroit down to Ohio and back. I was nearly hit by one of those crazy idiots driving a gravel truck near Point Mouille. They run those hot shot loads, getting paid by the load so they haul butt up and down Dixie Hwy / U.S. Turnpike / Jefferson, giving little regard for other traffic. He came barrelling over into the opposite lane and would have smeared me all over the road if I didn't have an ample shoulder between the lane and the bridge barrier. It scared the heck out of me. I will never ride that route again.

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10/2 - 31.5 miles total

Did large loop of the Cruise The Creek ride (11.3 miles) in mainly mostly cloudy and chilly conditions. Did get rained on lightly on a couple occasions but not enough to really wet the ground at all.

10/09, 37 mi. from Evangola to Lancaster just outside the village (NYS). Solo, leisurely pace, 14.5 mph, but against strong headwinds, vying with heavy traffic replete with somewhat-ignorant drivers. I would not recommend certain sections of routes 5 or 20, but I was on a schedule to arrive for a multi-course dinner. Burned several hundred kcal in advance of said cuisine.

Obviously, just about any ride this time of year is going to contain beautiful elements of scenery, but the lakeshore aspects along with Lancaster village were especially pretty.

My first ride of the year. 10 miles. Not a lot but its my first ride in 2 months. Ok it was 36 deg out and the first 3 miles my sides were hurting and I was breathing hard. After that I started to feel better and could breath better. By mile 8 the tank was empty and it was a struggle to finish my goal of 10 miles. I was very happy when I got home and I was a little over the 10 mile mark. I may try this again tomorrow. Im not really a winter rider but I cant pass up this chance to ride on nice dry ice free surfaces.

200 miles last week while in Florida. 22 miles yesterday here in Ohio......brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Rode another 10 miles today. 24* with 16mph wind. Not sure when my next ride will be. It was good to get out.

Got out for a 12-miler in the Cleveland Metroparks with a fellow insane rider. About half on pavement, half on snow/ice-packed paths.

Rode the CX rig with some Nokian W106 Hakkapeliitta 35C's. Studs are totally worth it.

Never lost control, but did some rear-wheel drifting on downhill turns. Prettay, prettay cold out.

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Yep, an hour and a half on the rollers.

13.5 miles, about 8 on the snow.

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12 miles around town on packed snow/ice with about an inch of fresh powder on top, temperature 14 F, winds 10-20 mph. Winter commuting is a blast!

It's looking good in Indy if you can dodge the rain. On the trainer this morning for a quick ride before work, but will definitely go outside this weekend. Looking forward to the rollers south of Indy. Was able to hit 41 miles in and around Columbus/Brown County last Saturday with my team. Sunday was spent licking my wounds for 20 easy miles on my own... but outside!

The break in the weather came just as my over-use injuries from last fall finally healed....so had 4 glorious easy rides in the last 8 days :) Only rode 60 miles in total during those 4 rides but it is nice to finally be able to come back to the bike!

It was 65 degrees when I left work, got in over 20 miles when I got home.
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Went our for my first ride of the year, besides the trainer. I only managed a meager 16 miles. There were mountains out of the southwest at 10 to 20 mph. At mile 11, I just hit a wall and it was all west bound to get home. Speed plummetted.

Got in 40 miles yesterday (Wednesday). Started ride in far NW corner of Joliet, rode to Oswego, then rode home. Today sucked as the mean demon east-NE wind kept my mileage way down.

30 miles today with Twin City Bike Club. Eastern suburbs of St. Paul.
50 and sunny.

Got in about 10 miles back on April 10, when the temperature finally hit shorts-friendly. Completely forgot to post it here, as I built myself a new desktop, and haven't yet migrated my Firefox bookmarks.

6-8 inches today. I miss last Wednesday. 36 miles felt great.

Got caught in a cold, light rain a couple miles from the park at the end, but otherwise a very nice ride. Working on the hills in preparation for the Wisconsin Triple Crown. 35 miles at 40º tonight. 5 of us made the ride.
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i rode 18.9 miles this past saturday.
beautiful day in the mid to low 50's.
the wind was blowing hard though and made my ride seem much longer that it was.

I rode 45.6 miles, from north muskegon to grand haven. I averavaged 16.2, their were horriblely strong east winds.

The previous Sunday i was out for a club ride and the weather suddenly change from a cooling morning to a stormy one... within a few hours flash floods warning goes off and flash flood engulf a few road. i was chilled to the bone... clenching my teeth and cursing as countless car pass by me splashing rain water over my entourage...

after a while we lost formation and the peleton was split up. i manage to stay behind my faithfull friend that i had ride with for 5 years... we finally make it home and i was surprise how much rain water my bike frame can hold inside it's monocoque carbon tube... it took 3 days for the water to dry up inside. Turns out that Sunday's stoem was the worse in 50 years... I was piss... for a week i was restless and itching all over my body for a ride but it continues to rain for a few days...

The break comes Friday evening when finally some blue sky are showing up. i hope on my bike and with 4 riders we head out for a 40km ride down the West Coast Highway putting my aero bar to good use and scale up a hills with 99 cornering turns (popular race ground for the motor gang). Before heading home we had coffee by the coffee shop below the hill and discuss about the coming Sunday ride... we were still skeptical as to whether Sunday will be a sunny side up or a pouring ones...

Anyway... come Sunday i wokeup at 530am in the morning... take my time to prep up my bike, had a shower, ate some breakfast, water proof my mobile phones and my spare tubes, CO2 pump and anything i figure wont survive a heavy downpour... a habit i learn in the Army. As i rode off the sun was just about to rise... i lift up my yellow shade to have a clear look at the sky... blue is good news... i was joined halfway by 2 more riders from the same club... together we ride to the rally point where about 30 riders was gathering up chit chatting waiting for the ride to start off. Had a quick coffee and hear the leader brief us on the route... off we go... the sun was up early and was so bright and sunny... my kind of a Sunday morning ride.

That day (yesterday) we covered 80km in one go... i was smiling ear to ear on the way back home. Tired but fully satisfied... something that money can't buy.

This Friday... 5 of us are planning a 120km night ride.

I rode 25 miles out to Elizabeth Park then turned around and rode 15 miles over to the Ambassador Bridge.

Detroit is such a rat hole. Building after building after building gutted by fire then the rubble left there to add to the marring of the (almost entirely absent) aesthetics of the city. Also, there was nary a soul around. Riding along Jefferson, I felt like that guy from the 28 Days Later movie - the only person left in a completely vacant city.

The next time I ride through Ecorse, River Rouge and Detroit, I'll be packing my .45

I rode 25 miles out to Elizabeth Park then turned around and rode 15 miles over to the Ambassador Bridge.

Detroit is such a rat hole. Building after building after building gutted by fire then the rubble left there to add to the marring of the (almost entirely absent) aesthetics of the city. Also, there was nary a soul around. Riding along Jefferson, I felt like that guy from the 28 Days Later movie - the only person left in a completely vacant city.

The next time I ride through Ecorse, River Rouge and Detroit, I'll be packing my .45I don't suppose you rode behind the Postal Service Distribution Center on your way to the Bridge, did you?

90 miles, Waterford, MI to Richmond, MI. Beautiful ride one way, and VERY wet coming back. Water was still coming out from the frame few days later. Love my new Specialized Infinity Armadillo tires. Perfect tires for dry and wet conditions.

Island Lake Park - mountain bike trial on my Specialized hybrid with 38c commuter/city tires... Couldn't get over sandy hills, and I was sliding little bit in turns, but it was a blast :-) BTW...I choose to take mountain bike trail instead of road to save some time /shortcut/ IL park is pretty nice, but I was lost few times there during my first visit there ... They need to make more signs and better maps.

Went out on my Centry Training Ride this morning, training schedule called for 19 miles today. Nice ride for part of the route I take was close to motor traffic for some reason. They normally don't close that section unless its flooded from rain or it saturday. Very little wind and the rain the weather man said was coming has still not hit, that was a plus.
Garden City, Michigan

Rode an hour this morning, 35º, stiff breeze out of the north. Hello Wisconsin, bring on December!

Did 16 in the Cedarburg-Grafton area this afternoon, high 30's, refreshing :)

20 miles - "The Worst Day Of The Year Ride" Ann Arbor, MI
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This afternoon I got out for a short 35 minute ride.. First time on a bike in about 3 months.