Day 9, #ridingeverydayinNovember, it is just water

It was going to be a wet day.



Luckily, I was going to be riding at night, and wasn't too concerned on what the day would bring.  ;-)

I was going to join the Thursday Night Ride, so spent the afternoon preparing the rain bike and finding all my wet weather gear.  It has been many months since I last put the rain bike into service.

As is my custom, I drove to  Sellwood Riverside Park and rode in from there. It was raining lightly. Given the conditions (43 and wet) I was surprised to see so many people. There were about 100 folks milling around.

Two young women teamed up to lead the ride tonight. It was interesting.
There were a few chuckles among the riders when it seemed that the group didn't know where we were going.

We spent quite a bit of time on the west side of the Willamette River, unusual for this group.
We crossed over the Tillicum Bridge as a very heavy rain shower fell upon us.

Our leaders brought the group under a bridge to sit out the rain.

When the group finished up the ride and settled in for late evening social, I continued along the East Bank Esplanade................

...................and Springwater Trail.

It was a good ride.  The temperature had dropped to 42F by the time we finished, but I had made good clothing choices (Goretex gloves, Showers Pass jacket, Waterproof shoe covers, Goretex pants, and a helmet cover) and the rain bike did it's job with full fenders and buddy flaps front and rear. Rain?  It is just water!

........Road Bike........Rollers.......MTB..........Lifecycle......Total
Today ...17.................0.................0...............0..............17
Jan.........304................15................0...............31..........350
Feb..........0..................0..................0...............0.............0
March.......18.................0.................0...............0............18
April.......113................0.................0...............0...........113
May.........155................0.................0...............0...........155
June..........10.................0.................0................0.............10
July..........79..................0.................0................0.............79
Aug..........76...................0.................0................0............76
Sept...........97..................0.................0................0............97
Oct..........36....................0................0................0.............36
Nov..........99....................0................0................0.............99
Total.......996...............15.................0...............31..........1039