A weekend, a snowstorm, and a bike ride
Posted by doubleA on January 29, 2007
For the 6th weekend in a row, we had snowfall. This is highly unusual for the Denver area, but at this point, we should just go for 10 in a row!! The good news in all of this is that I refused to stay inside.
I planned a Saturday morning ride and invited the LBS guys along. All of them bailed except for one maybe, who ended up bailing in the morning because of the snow. I brought out the CUSS and had some singlespeeding planned.
All bundled up and ready for a quick trip to the grocery store before the “main” ride. Out the door and down the road, when I hit a patch of ice 0.1 miles into the ride. I went down hard on the right side but popped back up and headed to the grocery store.
After the 30 minutes of riding to and from the store, I began the main ride. Down the hill into the cold and slush, but still having fun because I was on the bike. I ended up with 2:01 in ride time and 26.00 miles. Not bad for a cold snowy morning and a 3 week old at home.
Total mileage for the month is now at 75.
