Cycling
Monday night ride
Starting from Brian’s house, we headed straight up George Thompson road to get the blood flowing. From there a casual spin north along the ridge just to the east of Saratoga lake. East to Route 32 then a spin around the Saratoga Battlefield. It’s beautiful in there.
I wish I had brought my camera. Stupid, stupid, stupid. We saw a lot of amazing things, not the least of which was a spectacular rainbow. We passed at least three deer, some of which just a few feet from us. We saw wild turkeys with little turkey-lets scampering after them. We passed a group of three other roadies… well, THEY passed us, but we could have taken them. We were just ridin’ all casual and stuff last night. The clouds were dramatic Miyazaki-quality clouds.
Our happy little group was comprised of Brian, Kyle, Stacie and Patrice–a good PRO Team outing. Dinner afterwards at Panera whereupon I had my fav, the tomato & mozzarella salad. Mmmm, tom & mozz… ‘Course it was like some kids had busted the knob off the freakin’ AC and it was stuck on the arctic setting. I had to go out to the car and get sweatshirts, vests and socks for all of us before we turned into cartoon ice cubes.
Here is a panorama from Sunday morning. I know, different day, but it’s close to the beauty we experienced Monday evening.
Anthony’s ride and BBQ
Anthony requisitioned a gorgeous day for our ride and BBQ. John, Kyle, Nick and I showed up and were greeted by a smiling little girl named Hailey. Shannon and Kenny also traveled down to spend a few hours with Annette and Hailey. Hailey’s getting so big! She’ll be out biking with us in no time!
We went on a casual 35 miler around his neighborhood which included a scamper up Tracey Road with a descent down Blodgett. Nick was right there beside me proving his mettle to nearly the top of Tracey.
Click here for the photos from this ride.
Below is the descent video. John and Anthony are ahead of me in the video–they hit 50.2 mph. I drifted back from them slightly so I estimate I did about 48-49 mph for a maximum speed. The road isn’t actually that bumpy, it’s just that it’s hard to hold the camera AND maintain a safe grip on the handlebars going at that speed. At slower speeds I can lift my camera arm off my aero bar pads and smooth out the video significantly. Not so much when going 50. Watching it again, I realize, it’s not a very exciting video… so those of you not hip to the whole cycling thing may be only mildly amused.
Cleaning up the garage
This is the box for the bike roof rack carrier I have. I went with gold so it would match my Highlander. Laughed out loud when the box arrived and I saw the name of the color…
