Here's our ROUTE
Regular readers will remember my comments about Meetup group rides. It seems that about a 2/3 attendance rate is the most that can be expected. I had 5 affirmative RSVP's last evening, and had another member email a request to join after RSVP's had closed. All 6 showed up! We rode faster than I expected, especially since some admitted not riding much in the last month or so. Heck, I haven't ridden much either! One of our riders had a flat front tire just a mile or so into our ride. Her brand new tire had a bad sidewall gash and was toast. Once again my folding spare tire that I almost always carry saved the day. We changed tire and tube and were back on the road. I pushed the pace up a bit hoping to get back on schedule in case that we had more problems that we'd still be finished up by dark. I did feel a bit better in that all riders had lights along as I had requested so if we got late we wouldn't be SOL on the side of the road.
Even though I pushed a 20 mph pace the group kept together. I was quite surprised. We stopped in Lafayette for snacks and sand box for those that needed it then continued on to the Wheatland Ferry.
It was an absolutely gorgeous day. Sunny, and climbed into the 50's by early afternoon.
We stopped again at the store in Gervais for snacks, aka energy replenishment! We then pedaled on to the Canby Ferry.
After exiting the Canby Ferry we had only ~5 miles to go, but it presented us with the biggest hills of the day. The miles had taken a bit of a toll on my riding partners, they slowed considerably on these hills, but kept pedaling. We arrived back in Wilsonville before 3PM, earlier than planned. 4 of us "debriefed" at a local watering hole post ride.
With a relatively late start of 9AM I had the chance to do a little pre-ride and had a few bonus miles logged before our official ride began.
It was a great day to be on a bike!
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...............Road Bike.....LifeCycle.....Total Miles Today
.................78...............0.................78
Jan total.......501.....+.........30.......=.......531
Feb total.......614.....+.........0........=.......614
March total.....860.....+.........0........=.......860
April total.....790.....+.........0........=.......790
May total.......901.....+.........0........=.......901
June total......543.....+.........0........=.......543
July total.....1322.....+.........0........=......1322
August total...1603.....+.........0........=......1603
Sept total.....1403.....+.........0........=......1403
October.........503.....+.........0........=.......503
November........593.....+.........0........=.......593
Year to date...9705.....+.........30.......=......9735 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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