With a predicted heat index approaching 100degF I was foolish enough to take the PF10 out for a spin this morning. The idea was to put down some quick miles before the temperature and humidity got too high and the predicted 26mph wind gusts started. I started at 7:40 this morning, early for me. I left directly from home in Waltham, rode out to Ferns in Carlisle Center, took a slightly different route through Lincoln back to Waltham, for a total of 34.45 miles. The return became brutal and then brutaler. Headwinds keep you cool but they make you work for forward progress! I arrived home safely but tired, water bottle empty, lunch and snack larder empty, tires still full of air, all three sewup spares unused. and with no bike paint harmed in the making of this movie. Traffic was light at the start but picked up. I was passed by a Ferrari and Pontiac Trans Am seemingly running together, and a number of cyclists seemingly with more energy than I possessed. I managed to pass one or two cyclists. I haven't slowed down but everyone else sure seems faster than they used to be.
A necessary stop in Lincoln to eat a power bar
Also at that intersection
Always grateful for the collective wisdom to protect that which has no voice of its own.