Fifty Plus (50+) - Thanksgiving....

Are you ridin' or hidin'? Post your plans and/or ride reports here. Bonus points for photos.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northwest wind between 3 and 8 mph.

Thanksgiving Day: A chance of snow before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 36. North wind at 7 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Not too likely

Besides, we are hosting - lots to do.

Are you ridin' or hidin'? Post your plans and/or ride reports here. Bonus points for photos.

Both Ridin' & Hidin'!!! Expect to get up at 03:30 and be out on the commuter by 04:00am.
The five miles in to work should be peaceful followed by a quiet 12.5 hrs. at work and then ride
home to Pumpkin pie and whipped cream. Yummy. :)

edit: 11/27 05:30 Was a balmy, DRY 34 degrees, 10mph headwind and not a car in sight for
the whole five miles. Perfect! :)

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Besides, we are hosting - lots to do.

There's still time to escape. These can help. http://www.icebike.org/Equipment/tires.htm

Would like to be riding. Prediction is 47 & sunny. But am out of town and with no bike.

And am supposed to be attending two Thanksgiving dinners ... hosted by different sets of in-laws.

Work. bleah.

Supposed to meet the posse' at 8:00 AM for 35 miles. Temp will be around 28 with sunny sky's warming up to 36 while we ride. Hope the roads are dry, just washed the bike. I'll bring the camera but post later since we will be traveling at 11:00 AM.

Jet Travis, you don't say what you are doing. So???

Been a light, steady rain here all day long.
Tomorrow's suppose to be nicer -dry, anyway- so I'm heading out to earn dinner.
Won't be much -15 to 20 miles- but it'll be fine.

We had 4-6" of nice wet snow today. Another 4-6 tomorrow and Friday.
Broke out the wind trainer two days ago...an hour a day. I don't mind the wind trainer. It is warm, dry and windless...oh does my fan count as wind?

Have a Happy Thanksgiving all.

I may get to ride tommorrow after I cook the turkey.I will need to get out of the way in the afternoon while the wife cooks the the rest of supper.We are expecting my mom and dad,two daughters,two son in laws and one grandaughter.This thanksgiving will be easier than last year my dad had a heart attack the mon before so we had thanksgiving in wake med hoping he would make it.After 6 bypasses,repaired2 valves,installed a pacemaker and 2 months in the hospital he is doing well.A year later he will drive the 20 mi to my house now there is something to be thankfull for

Velodiva and I are racing up Mount Hamilton in the morning 18.5 miles. The temperature at the start will be in the upper 40s. It should be a great day for climbing.

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I will go for the Turkey Day ride from Danville. California. Supposed to be bitter here tomorrow...about 65F.

Cgallagh and I are joining our race team for a group ride, probably 35-40 miles, moderately hilly, similar temps. to what Hermes posted. Then C will bake his famous pecan pie, our son will roast his tofurkey, and we'll take it all over to our friends' house to add to the 2 turkeys, 1 ham, dozens of sidedishes and sea of family their hosting.

We call the pre-meal ride "Huff 'n' Puff Before You Stuff."

Friday is our Turkey Work-off. Route TBD.

If the roads are clear of snow and ice I might go out for a short ride. Didn't hear the weather forecast, so we'll see how it goes. Rode the (gasp) trainer today for an hour just in case.

Kids and grandkids will be here for dinner to celebrate the holiday. It always looks like a Norman Rockwell painting around our kitchen table on Thanksgiving. No thanks to me...Maddy does all the work, I just stay out of her way.:twitchy:

If it's not raining we'll go for a ride of still-yet-to-be determined distance and route. I'd like to ride for at least an hour or two before we finish the dishes we'll take for dinner tomorrow.

I will go for the Turkey Day ride from Danville. California. Supposed to be bitter here tomorrow...about 65F.


What one person considers bitter, another calls better. Just one little vowel different. :D

Have a good ride.

I did 50 miles yesterday, will do most of the cooking for 7 today, and have a 64 mile ride planned for tomorrow. But today is a whole day with the family. I've brought my favorite bike into the sun room with the extra refrigerator. This way whenever I go out to get something, I can pat the saddle and say, "Tomorrow. Your day will be tomorrow."

Everyone is still asleep this morning except for me and the cat. This will be a day spent with the family. I was going to go out for a ride before company gets here but my wife said she would like a little help in the kitchen. I'm not much help in the kitchen, but then she doesn't ask for much, mostly company while she works very hard. I will ride tomorrow.

Today will be spent with the family.

Due to weather I'll probably hit the gym on Friday and do a club ride on Saturday as the weather report is much better that day:)

Supposed to get up to around 54 here today. Probably do a couple of laps around the neighborhood, just to get out and get some fresh air.

Today is about visiting and eating with my family.

Met up with the Posse' at 8:00 AM in 19 degree temps.The 5 of us did 29 miles and the temperature climbed to 28 during the ride. Beautiful day to ride sunny, no traffic and good company.

The Posse'
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I am on the bubble about riding. Its 9 Am and the temp is 25. I am thininking that maybe this afternoon when its supposed to get near 40 I amy go for a short ride.

Alleghenyjet: Are you in the snow belt east of Cleveland?

I'm sitting this one out, sort of.

Sunday and Monday this week were my first two consecutive days off in several weeks. So I carped both diems and deferred laundry and housework to today, so I could get in some good, solid R&R.

So far, whites, work clothes and bike clothes washed and hung to dry, and the straightening up done. Breaking now for lunch, then the bathroom and mopping floors. Shower after that and off to dinner at my parents'.

I headed out for a 20.4 mile ride as a preemptive strike on Thanksgiving calories. It was a beautiful, sunny, calm, brisk 35F morning and I saw several walkers and one rider out enjoying the day. :)

- Wrapped gifts for friends I won't see at Christmas
- finished building a couple of wheels, got the disk rotor clearances perfect, but the tire mount screwed up...oh well
- grabbing a shower and heading out to see friends...

Happy Thanksgiving all!

Hiding until late evening and then only the trainer.

Happy Thanksgiving and best wishes for Black Friday.

It's perfectly sunny, no wind, and temps in the 60s here in sunny FLA. One daughter and her husband came in from Tallhassee yesterday, one daughter came from Gainesville last night (but she's sick with a bad cold and very happy to be sleeping in her own bed), another daughter coming in from Gainesville later this afternoon. She just got back from a conference in Germany and also has a bad cold. The turkey's in the oven, the pies are baked, the Macy's parade is over, and time for an hour outdoors. I really like Thanksgiving.

It was beautiful here this morning, and I rode 35.5 miles by myself, starting from my driveway.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Rode the fixie 15 miles this morning. 32F, wind N 10-15, overcast. Great ride. To celebrate my 62nd birthday I decided to see if I could ride a fixed gear. Have ridden about 150 miles now. I'm definitely hooked. Longest ride to date: 50 miles. Goal is 12 metric centuries and at least 1 full century on the fixie in 2009.

Just back from 29.6 miles on a 45 degree day, no moisture falling (for once).

I just realized that this puts me over 5,000 miles for the year (so far) - 5,006 miles since Jan. 1.

Ran into another 50+ rider at Starbucks who got bit on the butt by a labrador while walking his recumbent through an intersection.

I think the lesson is don't ride recumbents?

We're at the Louisiana residence. Planned a ride this morning before commencement of the feeding frenzy. Woke up, looked out window, and rain! Instead of the ride we went for a ride in the National Forest in the truck before dinner.

We had a house full for Thanksgiving dinner, one of the son's friends, the son's girlfriend, the daughter, the daughter's boyfriend, my mother, mois, and my beloved. I figured today was doomsday and therefore ate like there was no tomorrow.

To fight off the tryptophan downfall after the turkey, several of us went out in the woods with various and sundry firearms and blazed away at various and sundry paper targets. Yes, we were shooting into a large berm as a backstop. The BF 50+ member of the group, your reporter, represented the old crowd well by humbling the children (20+, know-it-all age group) and demonstrating the finer points of gun control (impacting one's target precisely at the desired location on said target). The daughter came in a close second and out shot her boyfriend.

The female contingent is planning a shop-till-you-drop tomorrow, and yours truly will pedal assuming the forecast precipitation doesn't roll in too early.

It was a great day with great food, great family and friends, and great fellowship.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Hi All,
I took my daily ride today at noon...temp was upper 50's. I rode app. 12 miles, which currently is plenty for me as I'm just getting back into riding again, after a layoff of a decade or so. I rode on a newly paved section of highway that hasn't yet opened for automobiles (will open any day now). It was great to be able to ride on new pavement and not have to worry about traffic...a luxury that will soon end. Best Wishes to all.

Ron

We did the Mount Hamilton Hill climb. There was a fabulous turnout and the weather was okay - 45 degrees with slightly damp roads and some fog.

While checking in, a woman asked my wife if she wanted to join the "Sisters of No Mercy" Team:eek:. I love the name. :thumb:

I improved my time from last year by 11 minutes and felt strong the last 7 miles of the climb. I am very happy with the result. Happy Thanksgiving to all.:)

I rode to a BBC club ride and then to my parents place for dinner:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.php?p=7928134&postcount=2571

Met up with a dozen friends for a 45 mile ride into the local mountains. Some of the roads were wet but we didn't get rained on. TV said there was snow up there but we didn't go that high. Came home to a giant feast created by my girlfriend.
Gotta work tomorrow, they told us they would be open for at least 6 more months, yea.
Thankful? I'm thankful our rental house didn't burn down in the recent fires, 2 neighbors lost theirs.
I'm thankful I still have some income, although it's not much.
I'm very thankful that I can still ride a bicycle with friends.
I'm even thankful that I discovered Bike Forums and I've had fun reading this stuff.

Had a great turkey day. Family over for the traditional 'stuff the turkey with turkey.' At sunset, we set off the bonfire. True to BlazingPedals tradition, it's not a bonfire unless it can be seen from space! We have some new neighbors who didn't realize what was going on, and they called the fire department, saying there was a forest fire! No harm done, they verified with their dispatcher that we had a permit and, everything was under control. When they came to check, we were tossing snowballs into the coals.

Tomorrow I'm doing a 45-mile club bike ride.

Oh -- mandatory picture.

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it's not a bonfire unless it can be seen from space!

I think you can now say, it's not a bonfire unless the fire department arrives.

Nice pies, BTW.

I think you can now say, it's not a bonfire unless the fire department arrives.

Nice pies, BTW.

Cute kitty, too!

Just back from 29.6 miles on a 45 degree day, no moisture falling (for once).

I just realized that this puts me over 5,000 miles for the year (so far) - 5,006 miles since Jan. 1.

Ran into another 50+ rider at Starbucks who got bit on the butt by a labrador while walking his recumbent through an intersection.

I think the lesson is don't ride recumbents?

Or don't get off your recumbent.

Seriously, the biggest fear I have with riding my 'bents is defending myself from dogs.


A big congrats on the 5000+ miles! :thumb:

Alleghenyjet: Are you in the snow belt east of Cleveland?

I'm I am secondary snow belt in the higher grounds South/West of Cleveland in Medina County. The group met in Valley City. When the lake effect winds come out of the North we get snow. Where we started the ride there was about 4" of snow. We rode East into the higher ground into Hinkley (only 450 foot higher) where there was 8" of snow. While riding down a road with snow on each side I thought what a great picture that would make with the guys ahead, but trying to take the camera out of my pocket and push the little button with my cold fingers would be a poor idea.:D

I rode, and it was needed after 6 days off the bike due to business travel abroad. I made up for lost time with 32 miles completed along the Chicago lakefront.

It was 18F TG morning so I drove to work. Drove home 12.5 hours later. Turkey, etc., for pitch-in lunch and leftover turkey, etc., at home. Yum!
Out for a ride later today, instead of shopping.

We went out for a breakfast ride to crackerbarrel,total miles 25 -temps 19 to 37degrees, a great ride,we are calling this one our first annual Turkey Run!there were 6 of us and we loved it! Got another one coming up Saturday!!As for winter,...(bring it on!!!!!!!

Rode of course. And picked up six lilikoi ("passion fruit") along the ride... not part of the Thanksgiving menu but we don't find cranberries here anyway...

I think you can now say, it's not a bonfire unless the fire department arrives.

Nice pies, BTW.


Cute kitty, too!

I notice the kitty has been confined to another room:) My cat also gets confined to the patio room or a bedroom when there is food left on the table or counter. Cats like pie, too:thumb:

I went for a solo ride on Thanksgiving, just me and the Surly. It seemed strange to be out riding my bike alone on Thanksgiving afternoon, but it was nice just the same. As I passed by the homes during my warm-up through the neighborhood, I could smell the scents of Thanksgiving dinner cooking. The scents along with the fall colors and crisp fall air added up to a perfect ride.

This is the trail head on the western side, about 5 miles from home.
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I went for a solo ride on Thanksgiving, just me and the Surly. It seemed strange to be out riding my bike alone on Thanksgiving afternoon, but it was nice just the same. As I passed by the homes during my warm-up through the neighborhood, I could smell the scents of Thanksgiving dinner cooking. The scents along with the fall colors and crisp fall air added up to a perfect ride.

This is the trail head on the western side, about 5 miles from home.
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Another entrance to the trail from one of the cross-streets....
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Yen - I can't see any of your pictures. I treid with IE7 and AOL 9.1 - neither works. Anyone else, or is it just me?

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