At 7AM the temperature was 42, as we rode through Salem near mid day I saw a time and temp display that said it was 52, and the wind was far greater than 6! Hey, can't have everything! Dry roads and sunshine were a plus, and the wind was really only an issue the farther north we rode.
I was joined by 3 others today.
We rode this route:
The ride today was a bit challenging as we had a virtually free ride down to Salem because of a tailwind but had to earn our way back northward and the last 10 miles of the ride had the vast majority of the elevation we'd climb today. What that meant is we had most of the work today at the end of a 100 mile ride.
Not a problem for the Desert Coyote ;-) but for those who don't ride 500 mile rides with lots of hills and winds it was an issue. Okay, so it was a bit of an issue for me too!
But we made it! Our lone female rider today logged only her second century ever under these challenging conditions. Congratulations to her!
Despite the wind it was a great day to be on bikes!
............BIKE............LIFECYCLE.....ROLLERS....TOTAL
Today......100...............0................0..........100
Jan........618...............0................0..........618
Feb........692...............0................0..........692
March......940...............0................5..........940
April......934...............0................0..........934
May........905...............0................0..........905
June......1152...............0................0.........1152
July......1020...............0................0.........1020
Aug.......1000...............0................0.........1000
Sept......1002...............0................0.........1002
Oct........905...............0................0..........905
Nov........523...............0................0..........523
Dec........100...............0................0..........100
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TOTAL.....9808...............0..............5.........9813
I should have waited...
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