February 20, 2012

  • Sunday, February 19, 2012

    Sunday was my CAT2 ride up Marin Headlands and then out to Tiburon.  It was a little cooler than Saturday but dry so I'm not complaining.  I felt better than I thought I'd feel after Saturday's ride, but I was still pretty happy to be sweeping.  Here's the hotness stretching at the Sports Basement:

    First stop was the top of the Headlands.  It was a whole lotta climbin'.  Some of the riders weren't so delighted about it but we all did OK:

    Fantastic view:

    Me:

    The map had the riders heading down to Rodeo Beach using a less terrifying route than I took.  The coastal route is narrow, steep, and you feel like if you make a mistake you're gonna end up in the ocean.  But check out he views:

    We headed down to Rodeo Beach where there were sadly no surfers.  Still, it was a gorgeous day there.  Here's Beau posing for us:

    Me:

    From there we headed to Tiburon.  A bunch of the riders were really wiped out from all the climbing and they didn't do Paradise Loop.  I swept the last part of the ride by myself.  This is Paradise Cay which is brazenly built right into the bay.  "Out of my way, nature!":

    I got a flat tire around Marin County Day School.  I changed the tube, put the wheel back on my bike and inflated it with a cartridge and then proceeded to pull the valve out of the stem of the tube.  Fuck!  The second tire changing went a little faster and soon I was back on the road.  I ran into the riders at the Golden Gate Bridge and we headed back to San Francisco.

    I got home at a little before 3PM.  I had lunch and then we took my road bike down to Mikes in SOMA.  It's making a noise that is probably bottom bracket related.  They're pretty backed up and they're gonna need two weeks before they have it ready.  Thankfully, I have two road bikes.  We headed home and I cleaned my other bikes and then got cleaned up myself.  After dinner, I actually made it until 8:30 before I went to bed.  It must be a record.

    I started keeping track of my mileage on 10/1/7 and today it hit 35,000.  Which is a shitload of miles.  I don't really have any idea how many miles I rode between when I started riding a lot in 2000 and when I started tracking it in 2007 but I think conservatively it's somewhere around 15,000.  Sadly, I didn't purchase the extended warranty on my body because that would have been a good idea especially since I'm an American made model from the early seventies.

    Bike Mileage:
                              
    Today 56.9
    Week to date 265.7
    Month to date 712.4
    Year to date 1,127.8
    To Goal 6,872.2
    Over (Under) plan 10.0
    YTD Mileage vs Last Year 496.0
    Rolling Year 5,917.4
    Since Inception 10/1/07 35,054.7