3/16/11

Probably one of the warmest days we've seen in awhile, so I took off work a bit early and hopped on the new ride.

With temps in the mid 40s and nice sunshine, I didn't put too many layers on.

I made my way east to Eyota and then kept going east to Dover.

At Dover I decided I still felt good, so I turned south (into a brisk SSE wind) and headed for Chatfield. I could always cut the ride short at cty 23 if need be.
It hurt going into the wind, but my legs never complained too much or cramped up.
So, I rolled into Chatfield relieved that the windy stretches were all done.

I made my way west on cty 2 and rolled along nicely to cty 1.

At cty 1, I got a nice tailwind all the way back through Simpson and onto cty 11.

Then a quick "into the wind" stretch on cty 11, then back to the nice tailwind all the way home.

I finished with 51 miles and about 3 hours of nice riding. Sure beats the 30 to 60 minutes on the indoor bikes.

The sun went behind some clouds and it did cool off a bit, but I was on my way home so I toughed it out.

The new bike handles great and feels really quick.