6 Bridges

I joined some old friends, and some new ones, for a ride over covered bridges today. There was some overnight rain with a prediction for passing showers during the day with rain again by evening.  I brought the rain bike.

The roads were wet as Dave and I drove 40 miles to the start of the ride. By the time we got there the pavement was dry and would stay that way all day.

13 of us pedaled off from Stayton for a reasonably flat route to take in 6 covered bridges.  There was a bit of wind, but being a circular route sometimes it was good, sometimes not so much.  We did get the bridges though.

No, not a tornado, just bridge repair

 It was a ride sponsored by my former social bike club. They were nice enough to let me tag along.  It was advertised at a 15 mph on road pace.  I almost considered taking my fixed gear bike. Glad I didn't!

The pace was close to 20 on flat ground.  I managed to hang with the gang for the first 30 miles, then my lack of bike fitness became apparent. I had the route on my Garmin, so I was not concerned.  I did manage to maintain the advertised pace of 15 mph, but nothing more.

I was dressed for rain, that did not happen.

I finished hot, thirsty, tired, and hungry.

I guess you'd have to call that perfect training  At least the scenery was nice.

With my 5 miles of pre-ride bonus miles I got 66 miles today.

..........road bike..........rollers........mtb.........lifecycle....total Today...........66...............0..............0...............0.............66 Jan............710................0..............0...............0...........710
Feb........... 578...............0..............0...............0............578
March ...........701.............0..............0...............0............701
April..........749.................0..............0...............0..........749
May...........613.................0..............0...............0...........613
June............309...............0..............0...............0...........309
July...............615...............0..............0...............0............615
August.........359................0..............0...............0.............359
Sept............292................0...............0...............0.............292
 Oct............204....................0..............0...............0............204  Total..........5039...............0..............0...............0..........5039