112km today. The ride to Tokyo Bay was once again into a strong headwind, but once I turned the corner into Kasai Rinkai park, it became easier. I did my strongest pace in the final 20km through the city toward home. I’m pretty beat, but looking forward to my next ride.

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The day isn’t over yet, my daughter will get home soon, and I have to take her to her piano lesson and math tutoring class using another bike, so I’ve still got another 10km of riding to get under my belt.

April 22 I rode the Rohloff14 tour bike NNE to Gibbons, 64 miles to start the season. Saw 6 other older guys on the highway, the last one had a super CF race bike. DQ lunch. Did 41 mph on my fave hill.
May 14 I rode same bike South to Wetaskiwin and filled out a 100.2 miles. Who needs prep?? LOL. Got stiff, tired and usual 5 lbs dehydrated, but no cramps. Not bad 11 hours clock, 8:28 moving. Weird how the crosswind slows me both directions. Couldn't even perk up much on the 6 mile freeway part. A+W lunch.
Both days a nice partly cloudy 60sF with light wind. Only took a few pics, so I'll post these from last year.
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Rode to work. Ten mile round trip. Another beautiful day. I little hot on the way home though.

Cheers,

Scott

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You're really making me homesick. :(

Nice looking commute!

Nothing like home is there? You’re in a beautiful area. Many days of great riding weather out west.:thumb:

Cheers,

Scott

16 muggy miles today.
There was a bike rally out of Cedar Hill Tx this morning going opposite my ride. I've ridden it several times in the past.
Very well supported, and lots of nice perks with that one, including free charcoal burgers and 2 free cold beers at the completion.

Hopefully, by this time next year my health will be back to somewhat normal, and I can get back to riding that.

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Burger and beer sounds like my kind of ride! 😎

Heh, it's a fun way to end a long hot ride for sure.
My son in law always rides with me on these organized rides. He's a horse. We've ridden the Italy Tx ride quite a few times. It was always the most demanding. They offer ice cream at the end of their ride.

Most of these charity rides offer three routes of roughly 20, 40, and the metric century (63). The Cedar Hill ride has a long fun downhill, but you have to climb it to get back to the start. The Singleton road downhill is a blast, but riding back up is a challenge.

My wife rode with me the last time I did the Cedar Hill ride. We opted for the 40 mile route. We were both into our late 60s by then. My son in law did the 63 miler and arrived back at the same time we did. :lol:
My excuse to that was that my wife treated a rest stop like it was a grocery store with free samples. We spent way too long at rest stops. :notamused:

I am about to turn 66 so my ambitions have lowered.

:speedy: San diego!

Home depot parking lot?

Was going to do a night ride tonight, but got impatient waiting for the sun to set so decided just to do an evening ride. The tourists have gone home for the day and it's nice and peaceful out. Wind around 15 MPH which isn't bad for this area. I went sans pump and water bottle so I cut my ride short and only did 16 miles instead of my planned 25 mile route. Still a great ride. While I've been a strong proponent of flat pedals, I have to admit it sure is nice being back in the clipless,:)
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I drove to the cemetery (to see my parents&grandparents) with my BMX and rode around a bit on the paved paths/roads.
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Looks like you had a perfect night for a ride. It’s a busy week so it looks like I won’t be able to ride until Sunday or Monday. In the meantime I’ll enjoy the posts and pics here.:)

Cheers,

Scott

I rode earlier for only 6 miles/ 1 lap around my local lake mup. I had a layoff for a shoulder issue and needed to get my legs back used to
pedaling. I also needed to sort out some saddle changes. It was a nice day to ride- about 85*.
I would have made a couple more laps but it is really windy, especially coming over the water. There were whitecaps out there, 20-25mph.
Tomorrow should be better. I may explore the river trail tomorrow but if the wind is blowing half of the 15 mile loop will be into a wind funneled down the rover channel.

Two goals one day. My daughter texted me yesterday asking if I wanted to walk today. Before I could answer yes, I told her I had to find where my bike ride would fit in. So I left the house at 5 am this morning and rode for 17 miles. And later we all walked the beach. Both goals accomplished.
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Yes I did my 25-mile ride. Heading for the 100-mile goal. Did not make last week due to rainy weather.

Did manage to squeeze a ride in today (5/20) before more rain arrives in the area. Yesterday was nice also, but spent a good bit of it cutting the yard while it was dry-still some wet low spots. Anyway--18.6 miles, mixture of flats, rolling hills, some decent harder hills. Rode the hills much better than last time (hard not to!) Haven't been out much this year, but a little more confident that my "hill legs" will come back to me once I can get more rides done. Good day-met some nice people, climbed some hills (slowly, but surely). Rode with a neighbor who has an e-bike, but was ok with riding at my pace and could have left me on the hills, but waited. No complaints from me, but my legs might throw some in!

Gorgeous Bay Area weather today so had to ride some Italian steel:
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Got another 25 miles in today!!!

I was able to get out and ride with my brother today? We originally were planning on a 20 mile ride but the ride ended up being 33 miles as I missed a turn and my brother took the lead to get us back on track. Either way the weather was beautiful and it was along the coast today.

Another buzz around north Queens and Great Neck. Sunny and 79 degrees, just beautiful!
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It's another day of beautiful weather, so I'm pulling the kit out of the dryer, grabbing sunscreen, topping off the charge on all da wittle batteries, filling bottles, making a PB&J, and heading out!
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Hadn't ridden in quite a while, took my folding bike on a business trip last week to Santa Ana, rode about 10 miles. If knee feels better hope to ride this weekend.