Art leads a great CASUAL ride!

One of my social bike group's members was leading what was billed as "Art's Casual Blue Lake Park Ride". 8 folks showed up, a pretty good showing for a mid week after work ride. Art and Luis even showed up on mountain bikes figuring there would be no problem keeping up with the predicted casual pace.

Well, be sure to check the abilities of your casual riders on mountain bikes before signing up for one of Art's rides! LOL! Dave and I arrived a bit early and joined Mark and Art for a little pre-ride. We ended up with 10 miles.......at 19 mph average!

We arrived back at the 33rd and Marine Dr starting location in time to join the rest. Even though two were on mountain bikes the pace was quick. We were seeing 20-21 on the speedos more often than not. It was a good ride, we all joked about the "casual" pace and how we'd hate to ride with Art if he billed it as a training ride, or fast paced ride!






We ended the riding portion of the evening with 30 miles total, then 5 of us retired to the Sextant Bar and Grill for a post ride bite to eat and a cold beverage. The Garmin said we burned almost 2000 calories so I think we could afford to make the stop. ;-)

I think it might have been Art's way to insure that we'd agree that this was a "social ride". ;-)

It was a good evening ride with good friends.

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...............Road Bike.....LifeCycle.....Total Miles
Today............30...............0.................30
Jan total.......501.....+.........30.......=.......531
Feb total.......614.....+.........0........=.......614
March total.....860.....+.........0........=.......860
April total.....790.....+.........0........=.......790
Year to date...2800.....+.........30.......=......2830
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