Tag Archives: mileage

More lessons – we should learn something every day, right?

Today was Jack’s ride from Surry to Waverly. I’ve been looking forward to it for weeks. Despite my early departure to drive to the ride start, I arrived late. Fortunately, the riders hadn’t left yet. It was a large ride, … Continue reading

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Deadly Hot rides

Whew, it’s been a week of deadly hot weather. With the temps reaching the triple digits, one has to wonder why in the world some of us are cycling at high noon!!!! Of course, we are actually just spinning out … Continue reading

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Zero mileage today, but…….

Well, it was a beautiful day today, and not necessarily expected to be so. All day, I just wanted to be on my bike, instead of working, which I love. So I deduced that it’s getting time to leave!! Salud…. … Continue reading

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Livin’ in the NOW

Life is turning. Daily, I notice that my e-mails are more and more about cycling, touring, companions, route options and equipment. Work is about winding up ‘open’ projects, providing for the friends (clients) I’ll be receding from like a low … Continue reading

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Excellent ride

65 miles! A great ride. little wind, dressed very well for the cold, with cycling knickers, under cycling tights. a base-layer turtleneck, wth another over it for greater insulation, arm warmers, with a warm-up jacket over that. neck warmer, and … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving and cycling

I’m thankful that I’m cycling. It’s Thanksgiving day, and I knew there was a ride this morning. All week, I plotted and planned so I would have enough of my work done to go cycle for 3 hours this morning. … Continue reading

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Surry Century

Lovely day. The weather was a perfect day for a long ride on a bike. My friend, Julie, and I started very early (4:30 am) and drove to Surry, Virginia for our first, complete registered century. The ride began at … Continue reading

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New cycling buddy

Today, I cycled with 2 new cycling buddies. One is a friend that I’ve done a lot of group rides with, but today, we cycled all around Hanover together. It was great. We got to chat about a lot, and … Continue reading

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Seemed hot today

Today was one of those days I couldn’t get enough fluids. Although it didn’t reach 100 in the residential areas of Richmond, I think it definitely did out where we were riding. Kevin and I opted to sort of follow … Continue reading

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Riding old steel

I picked up the old Panasonic mixte and am enjoying it. Yesterday,  I rode it for my daily commute and she was about as enjoyable as Cele. It’s a little more difficult to shift, because I have become used to … Continue reading

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