rsbob 

How fer did I ride today/yesterday? Zero. Had 15 yards (I full dump truck) of garden mulch delivered and spent 8 hours and 8,500 steps spreading a tiny bit of it around the upper garden. Looks like I have another 12+ yards to go. Too exhausted to cycle - but Mrs RSbob is encouraging me to slow down and get in some riding time - that’s why I married her, or maybe its the other way around.

jaxgtr

Got in a painful 83 miles in 20 to 25 mph winds howling out of the east, with some patches of unwanted rain.

I went to do some road\gravel today that is close to the beach on the CheckPoint to check out some new tires I decided to try out. I recently picked up Bontrager's new tire model, Girona RSL GR TLR, and while not normally a Bontrager tire fan, these intrigued me for some reason. They are 42mm and most of the gravel locations I ride generally are going to have some soft sand on course and the 40mm Pirelli's Allroad 40mm, while a great tire, have a more of a road like shape, a little taller and more rounded, and don't really have a knob profile that handle soft sand or light mud too well. The Girona tire while only 2mm wider, are more square with a better knob profile that handles the sand and light mud, much better. The TPI on the Pirelli's are 60 and the Girona's are 220 and you can really feel the difference. The Girona rolled extremely well on both hard pack and road, handled the small amount of sand I had to deal with today with ease. I felt like the rolling resistance was much lighter as well. I am really surprised as well I felt on the ride today with them. Obviously longer term experience will give me a better view, but I have high hopes for them. If you are needing some gravel tires, might consider these. They also have a 60 TPI version and a knobbier version as well called the Betasso. Might be worth a look if you are need of some tires and you are not sure what tire you want to go with or are looking for something else. Oh, the Bontrager's are 110g lighter per tire than the Pirelli's as well so a quick half pound shaved.

Sierra_rider

A measly ~72ish miles and 10,300' of climbing today... I think spring may have sprung, It was mostly in the 60's and I made it up to the high spot of the ride at 6k'. Some notables...saw a bobcat and my first snake of the year(not a rattler though.) Achievements include the KOM and 2nd place on a couple of obscure climbs...also some very respectable power numbers.

Snapped this picture of my Garmin at the turnaround spot, the elevation and mileage tell the story of the first half of the ride:

XxHaimBondxX

I'm always tempted to treat myself to a whopper during my rides, however, I'm positive I won't be able to make it back. 😂

50PlusCycling

On my longer rides I usually treat myself to a steak and a beer when I get home. But I was hungry, and could smell the flame-broiled goodness.



I could have ordered this, it was 1990 yen (about $14), but I probably wouldn’t have been able to keep it down. But I will order it on my next trip, just to be able to say I did.

Sierra_rider

With all the hills around here, it's just not a good idea for me to get a big mid-ride meal. However, I'll go all-out once I'm done riding...I really love eating and was beyond ecstatic when I saw that I was in a 4k calorie deficit after today's ride. I ended up demolishing 1/2 of a medium pizza and putting back a couple IPAs. Maybe not the best recovery meal, but I had some greens too and even a protein shake. Also some locally baked sourdough bread I could've killed for a burger too, but that would've been a further 10 minutes of driving.

JeffAP60

Only three miles, but I hit up the post office and the bank, so quite a productive ride

john m flores 

We converted my partner's Surly Long Haul Trucker to flat bars this morning. And then tested it out with a short ride through local wetlands to our fave barbecue joint. Need to tweak the front shifter but the cheesesteak was divine.

Troul 

79 miles.. 69°F dropped to 57°F, clouds roared in with the crackling atmospheric rivers. Bummed that I wasn't able to net triple digits.