Bike + wind = not so much fun
Apr. 13th, 2009 08:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dmazeYesterday I figured I'd go out with the Arlington group again. (Saturday's trying-to-beat-the-rain mob apparently totalled three; yesterday maybe 20 people left the shop.) Temperatures in the 40s, plus a significant headwind, meant that everyone was being slow and cranky; we lost our Charismatic Leader (and, somehow, three other riders) in Concord to his second flat tire of the morning. Then going up to Carlisle I again fell into the "I'm 0.5 mph slower than the back of the group so I can *almost* keep up" pattern.
After Carlisle the collective decision ("it's cold", "it's my first week out this year", "how does the PMC expect me to raise so much money", "it took me 9 hours to ride 130 miles", "the wind sure is annoying") was to head straight back to civilization via 225, so we did. This eventually resulted in a smallish group coming back down the Minuteman so at least there was some company there.
Anyways, 41.83 miles in all is less than I was hoping for, but I was definitely glad to get home. (Route map) With various scheduling conflicts I have only two more weekends before the CRW spring century, but in between being able to take rest breaks and hopefully being able to make a runtime decision on length it still looks attractive. So far this coming weekend looks good, so I again need to make a decision on whether to go for speed or distance, or trying to tack on extra length to the back of the Arlington ride again. Decisions...
After Carlisle the collective decision ("it's cold", "it's my first week out this year", "how does the PMC expect me to raise so much money", "it took me 9 hours to ride 130 miles", "the wind sure is annoying") was to head straight back to civilization via 225, so we did. This eventually resulted in a smallish group coming back down the Minuteman so at least there was some company there.
Anyways, 41.83 miles in all is less than I was hoping for, but I was definitely glad to get home. (Route map) With various scheduling conflicts I have only two more weekends before the CRW spring century, but in between being able to take rest breaks and hopefully being able to make a runtime decision on length it still looks attractive. So far this coming weekend looks good, so I again need to make a decision on whether to go for speed or distance, or trying to tack on extra length to the back of the Arlington ride again. Decisions...
