Sing along "I'm on the road again"

I was on the real bike on real roads again today.



Maria, who has dual citizenship in both NW BOB and the Vancouver Bicycle Club held her monthly French Toast Ride. To start things off she invited us all to her home for a french toast breakfast.

Following some yummy french toast a group of 11 of us saddled up to ride.


We started off on a pretty quick pace. From the SE neighborhood we made our way to the Springwater Trail then to the Esplanade. As we made our way toward Marine Drive things began to slow down a bit. A couple of riders took alternate routes, and we picked up a couple of riders that planned to join us along the route.


By the time we exited Marine Drive and joined the I-205 bike path we were down to three of us.


The pace slowed down considerably. We were riding into a moderate wind, but the biggest factor was hunger. The girls were close to home so opted to just ride through it and get home.

I played burro and carried a few lunch supplies purchased at a grocery store because I had a virtually empty backpack along.

After dropping those supplies off I bid my farewell and took off for my pickup, parked at Oaks Park, just under 4 miles away.

Something strange happened along the way.... it was in the 60's and dry. Conditions will be getting worse as the weeks roll by. I decided to ride lap 2! Once finished with that I was just a few miles off the century mark, so I rode around the neighborhood enough to roll that 3 digit number over. ;-)

Tomorrow I lead a 100 mile ride with 7 attendees. I won't have to ride around the neighborhood to get a century in then!



.........road bike.......rollers.........mtb.....lifecycle.....total
Today.......100..............0.............0..........0.........100
Jan.........474..............0............21..........7.........502
Feb.........530..............0.............0..........0.........530
March.......502..............0.............0..........0.........502
April.......524..............0.............0..........0.........524
May........1003..............0.............0..........0........1003
June.......1016..............0............10..........0........1026
July.......1148..............0.............0..........0........1148
August.....1049..............0.............0..........0........1049
Sept.......1153..............0............50..........0........1213
Oct.........470..............0.............0.........20.........490
YTD........7845..............0............87.........27........7959