I've riden everyday since last monday, that makes today #9, and usually get in 36-60 miles a day which includes a 13 mile round trip commute. It helps when you work at a shop that has daily rides.

I don't normally ride on sundays, all about duration and intensity not religion, but this week I heard of a ride in Jax so I thought why not. My thoughts should have been why?

I rode 17 miles into town, waited 45 minutes for the silly little hipsters to finish their drinks and smokes at the bar before finally rolling out. This was considered the monthly women's ride, which seemed humourous in retrospect, but all were welcome. However, if you know riverside/5 points, most of the men were still women anyway.

I think I was one of 2-3 out of 20'ish riders that were wearing helmets, some kid took a tumble 'bout a block or two from the start, in the middle of a really disorganized group that was taking up most of the road (not just the lane), blocking intesections and hootin' 'n hollering the whole time.

I just couldn't take it anymore, I'm a vehicular cyclist who does his best to be consistant and predictable so I really didn't want to be associated with that chaos for very long, so off the front I went without looking back.

total of 'bout 40 miles at 17-18 mph ave on my fixie in the middle of the afternoon.