rsbob 

Wait, it’s only 10 AM PCT here so 12 CT and you already got in a century? Good on ya!

In the spirit of BF, maybe we can have a spirited name calling argument about time zones or wind and rain or maybe the fact that riding in Michigan is at a higher latitude or something. I’ll start - you give me a sour stomach with your high mileage and refusal to ride in a monsoon. Obviously you are not a ‘serious’ or ‘humorous’ cyclist. So there! (Hope I proved I am right and hurt your masculinity and feelings. - but if you were truly masculine, you wouldn’t have any). Double so there!!

Troul 

That insults my sit-bone!
I start as early as I can to beat that bird getting the worm. A nice open route is beyond enjoyable, & it's only possible before the general publics alarms start going off. Sometimes an unfavorable ride happens, but that's mainly due to the withdrawals if I haven't got a (decent) ride in lately.

I would ride in the wet more often if the vehicle operators were not so careless/reckless...

kahn

I bet you have decent weather but the scenery might have been lacking!

kahn

23/700 and it was definitely cool. Fall was more than in the air. It was on my chest and in my toes! I'm not quite ready for it.

jaxgtr

lol, depends on if my wife is in the room or not

however, I did 40 today, wind was shifting all over the place today, from the east, south, southeast...it was horrible.

ofajen

23 miles and I babied myself, such as one can riding SS on an old MTB. Trails were wet after rains so I was respecting the conditions, too, I suppose, but mostly I just took it easy. Managed to get home before the next round of rain, too. 😊

Otto

rsbob 

TourdeTRex

Haven’t ridden today yet, but will climb onto the Peloton here in a bit 😞 due to kids’ sports and misc family stuff most of the day. But did about 25 yesterday despite cutting it short when I remembered I had an appointment to donate blood. I did make a quick stop to snap this photo to capture the clear blue skies, which have been unfortunately rare this summer due to wildfire haze. I feel really fortunate to have this 30 minutes from my driveway. Not quite what people visualize when they think of Las Vegas, but it’s literally 25 miles from the Strip.

Edit: the photo is a cropped panoramic as I couldn’t get the whole thing to upload, so there are likely some weird irregularities.

diphthong

nice. will be out in las vegas riding tues and wed both early-mid am. planning on hitting valley of fire at dawn on tues...and since it's pretty short, packing up the bike and driving over
to red rocks to do the loop 9am-noon tues. wed is likely the climb up to the mt. charleston area early via the 156-157-158 hwy complex.

kahn

Nice mix of rural and urban views.

ofajen

A different 23 miles today, but still taking it easy. We had over two inches of rain overnight, so there were a couple of washed out places and I was glad I popped the mudguards on, too.

Otto

kahn

Sounds like your recovery is going well.

ofajen

Pretty good, thanks! The danger of this time of year is that I want to ride every day because the temps are good and the leaves are turning. Probably need to have days off from cycling and do other workouts, but cycling is more fun!

Otto

kahn

And watch out for slippery leaves. Speaking of leaves, I was out raking them and placing them in our "clear green" recycling bins yesterday. I will be doing this for the next 5 or 6 months - I'm on a corner lot and the prior owner planted TEN Pin Oak trees. These trees drop their leaves VERY S L O W L Y. I recruit all of my neighbors' bins!

rsbob 

40.0 miles @ 18.9 MPH Ave speed with time out for pics.

mschwett 

30.11 miles on my lunch break, 953 feet, 17.44mph.

last time i did this ride (three weeks ago) the bike had different wheels and tires. 16.22mph! same average power to within a few watts, although i was a bit hung over this time …

rsbob 

Wheels and tires or just one can make a significant difference, hung over or not. Bet you could break 18 if well rested, hydrated and not hung over.

The Chemist

diphthong

49-spot or so between two rides. combined scenery was 9+/10. pavement quality the best i’ve even ridden (on the red rock scenic loop 11/10…not a single hair out of place) and a 8.5/9 (at valley of fire sp). it was worth waking up at 5:15am…

https://www.strava.com/activities/6068999790

https://www.strava.com/activities/6067967031

kahn

Nice pictures. I've been told they can jump and I don't mean the antelope or sheep - the TARANTULA!!!

rsbob 

Road a whopping 16.75 miles, half of which in the rain. Trying out the fenders I mounted today on my classic. Success!

Troul 

41 Miles O.D.

kahn

You have conceded - the rain will come!!!

diphthong

they can supposedly jump about three feet to subdue prey…or you.

kahn

We were driving in West section of Zion National Park and my friend suddenly hit the brake. This humongous TARANTULA was out on the road and large enough to be a visible obstacle. We stopped and having never seen on in the wild walked toward it and were approaching it. Another driver warned "They can jump!" And we did - back to the car, quick!

Although I just looked and apparently they don't jump that far or high and only certain sub-species.