Yesterday: best ride of the year!

I was heading out to meet Lee and the neighborhood tour, but got a flat around McCormick and Pratt. So by the time I took care of the flattened biz, I realized I was NOT going to make the ride. So I opted to head into the North Branch Trail and ride up to the Botanic Gardens. So between the eerie lack of SuperWinds and having FINALLY positioned my cleats properly, I was feeling astoundingly proper.

All in all: 50 or so miles, and I ran into a former co-worker on the tail-end of my ride through the NBT. Her husband commented on the old t-shirt I was wearing (Raw Power--an old Italian hardcore band), and that kinda made my day. Then I meandered through the neighborhoods around the trail to see if I could possibly hook up with the end of Lee's ride, but didn't see anyone.

But DAMN was yesterday a fine day to be on a bike. When I got home, I felt guilty for being back inside!

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Permalink Reply by LeslieB on April 19, 2009 at 8:22pm

I did the North Branch Trail to Botanic Gardens yesterday too and damn do I have painful sunburn. It's a really attractive bikers/farmers tan line. Note for next time,....wear sunscreen.

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Permalink Reply by Glenn on April 19, 2009 at 8:46pm

Thanks again, YAJ. We usually leave pretty early, but will have to be even earlier going up that far to start. Thanks for the info. Hopefully we will see you and LeslieB out there sometime soon. Take care.

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on April 19, 2009 at 10:13pm

If you liked the ride, then come out this coming Sunday, April 26th when The Chainlink joins with Lee and Big Shoulders Realty for the next neighborhood ride, this time through North Center.