WhyFi

Incorrect.

Velo Vol 

I'm still reeling from the band news.

Velo Vol 

This can't be real.

WhyFi

In other news from the ride today, I got another "puncture," that sealed after 8-10 revolutions. I put "puncture" in quotes because I'm beginning to suspect that both this and the previous, a few weeks ago, were actually a specific, largish cut reopening when smacked hard and just right. The previous was an expansion joint on a bridge, today was a no-so-flush curb cut-out on the MUP. I'm tempted to patch it internally, but I told myself that I'd be happy with 2,500 miles out of that rear tire and I'm already at 2,600. Also, I can tell that some patches of tread will start peeling away to reveal cords in a couple spots pretty soon. I think it's time to move on rather than squeeze out another ride or two. Goodbye, tire, you served well

WhyFi

DougRNS

2020 continues to suck.
Maybe go all synth? Worth a try.

DougRNS

It's real and spectacular.

big john

If he has fun he'll keep going.

datlas 

Got in a fantastic ride. Perfect weather. Route was kinda flat but I don’t mind.

There were a few close calls with motorists, I may have to get a front-facing video camera if only so my survivors know who to blame if I get hit.

datlas 

Mission accomplished.

Ride was 107 miles. Not enough to even get me on the podium. Tomorrow is another day.

datlas 

Most people get sick 4-5 days after exposure so if she feels ok that’s a good sign.

datlas 

Sad but necessary.

WhyFi

Let's hope. I think that riding with someone, or multiple someones, will help him a lot. He's previously expressed some weird notions when it comes to training, competing and just riding in general, and I think that popping that solo bubble would be a good thing.

Bah Humbug

Very nice work!

I woke up feeling drugged and had no energy. At one point on the Veloway I heard that sickening screech and thud of a crash behind me, and stopped to look back, but there were already two other people there and the guy was vertical and saying he was ok.

The cooler weather brought out all the crazies.

big john

Sunny and hot, with a high near 116. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
I left at 6:45 with the mtb and climbed the hill behind the neighborhood. First 5 miles gains about 2000 feet. I passed a young couple on mountain bikes and she was hurting already and he was waiting for her up the road. She said she was hot and we were still in the shade. Uh oh. Top of the hill I go 2 miles to the fire station and refill my 100 oz Camebak. It's all dirt at this point. Coming back down a walker flags me over. He is lost and looking for the road 2 miles back, the one I climbed. He doesn't speak any English and he doesn't have any water or anything with him. I told him there was water at the fire station so he went that way, I think.

I pass the road I climbed to take a rough dirt road back down and I catch up to the couple I saw on the climb and she has a front flat and they are walking. They are miles from the bottom and cars can't go there. This could be bad, so I offer to try and patch the tube. He says no, it has to many holes from thorns/goatheads. They don't have a tube and he refuses to try and pump it up and ride until it goes flat again. I only have a 27.5x 3.0 tube and the flat is a 26er. We might be able to stuff it in there but he clearly doesn't want my help and has underestimated how far they have to go.

He tells me they have GPS and we are in cell service but I tell him there is a gate at the end of the road and you have to know how to get out. I explain it and ride off.
After a while I encounter 3 women walking and they have come from the next valley over and also don't know where they are. They appear strong and are moving quite well and they have water. I tell them how to get out and ride to the bottom. I started worrying about the couple because it's getting hot. I ride to the bottom to confirm the 12 foot gate is closed,, then I have to climb back up but I really start worrying then. I took a stick and wrote "gate" and "no" in the sand and put sticks in the shape of arrows pointing to the trail out. I then started riding up the hill and eventually saw the 3 women. They were tired but close to the bottom where they could call for a ride. I told them how to get out and went up some more looking for the others but I never saw them. A guy on a horse said he saw them but I waited a long time and a runner came down and he didn't see them.

They must have taken one of the horse trails down. I was running out of water and I don't know what else I could do, so I went home. Tragedies happen like that and I would hate to think there was more I could have done They're probably fine and I just worry too much. He could have put her on his bike and rode hers on the flat, I've done it before. I wish he had let me try and fix the flat. It was already 100 when I got home.

genejockey 

Apple pie, baked apples, apple butter, dried apple slices,

Bah Humbug

When I was very young I like cream cheese and apple butter sandwiches. Haven't had apple butter in forever though.

genejockey 

This is what I did in lieu of a ride this morning. Got out before the heat. Greyhounds cast funny shadows.

Velo Vol 

wut

MoAlpha

You done good. GPS and mobile phones are responsible for a significant number of backcountry deaths.

Trsnrtr

I worked at a boy scout camp one season and attended there several years before that. Apple butter, along with a lot of other products, was a government surplus staple at the time. The mess hall had huge bowls of apple butter on the tables every meal.

Loved the stuff. May have to go out and buy some.

MoAlpha

Pleasant ride today.

Started out with a couple of guys from the neighborhood. One is a-rockin and a-rollin all over his saddle and I asked if he ever thought about lowering it. Nope, he said, it had been put there by the legendary local fitter everyone goes to. He just saved me 500 bucks.

Later, I was passed, fast, by three elite juniors, two boys and a girl, who couldn’t have been older than 14, all chattering away while powering uphill. I caught up later at a place where everyone stops and, lo and behold, one of the boys is on Gatorskins.

Bah Humbug

Well, it's exactly what it sounds like.

Bah Humbug

Chum for the waters. He must have been the strongest.

That does remind me, I actually had a rollerblader try to wheelsuck me today. That was a new one.

big john

I still feel awful. I hope she's ok. I know the feeling of being unsure of which way to go and knowing the wrong decision could be life threatening.

As for GPS, one of the off-road recovery guys I watch on video frequently rescues people who followed the GPS into the boonies in a rental car until they are stuck.