Too much wind for me today plus the threat of some rain so I stayed inside on the AirBike. Not a day for setting Personal Bests — I’m less than a mile behind where I want to be over 30 minutes of pedaling.

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Too much wind for me today plus the threat of some rain so I stayed inside on the AirBike. Not a day for setting Personal Bests — I’m less than a mile behind where I want to be over 30 minutes of pedaling.

I waited until the gusts dropped into the teens and took Jeanne down Davidson. Fortunately the headwinds don’t blow me into traffic. I made my 3 laps for 8 miles & orchestrated 2 miles to get home.

The pollen today was terrible but the wind was light so I hit the airport for some in the end not very sprinty Sprint-Intervals. Meh; it was my first time at the airport in months.
By chance tho I fell in with a dude even older that I am — 79 year-young 1-Speeder John. He sometimes flips his wheel to ride fixed but today was a free day for him.

I managed to get a good but much too long video of us on our laps. Any committed cyclist that old eschewing gears is an inspiration.

My morning routine collapsed all around me so I rode the AirBike at around noon. The wind outside was relentless as are Echo’s fan-blades. I’m still way behind the 7 miles in 20 minutes I want but air biking is good training anyway.

More wind than expected out there. I’m still on 48/17 so rigged for some uphill but even then it was tough going. Many e-bikes tho.
All the peep-toads were silent so I’m guessing the Spring Snakes have eaten well.

Temps in the low 60s so a very chilly Spring day but I enjoyed it. I tried dangerous Davidson again but not in the “protected” bike lane. One close call with an Amazon truck is one too many. I did the standard loop for about 5 miles and the legs felt fine. Tree-work up Frisbee Golf Hill so I stayed on the flats and did a few more standard loops, testing for puddles. As all was dry I went to the back loop & then came home. 23 miles at a pretty good clip.

Plus the wind was on the unpleasant side, even for 17 teeth. I’m still over half a mile behind my 7 mile 20 minute plan but I have no worries. I maintained 55 rpm easily when I wanted & sprinted in the 60s.
It looks like the new AirBike actually has a Battery Remaining Indicator bug on the screen. On the previous bike it was the rather sudden screen-dimming followed by total screen failure — often while riding — that made you pit in fresh batteries. Quite the upgrade

I figured the deeper paths in the park would be mucky so I took Jeanne out on the main roads only for a good ten miles. I still figure the proper route will be 4 loops but today I only rode 2 and then made my way back home. The fallen trees are literally stacked like cording along the roads. No pot-holes at all though which is a surprise.

Feeling it in the legs from a good Leg-Thursday but with temps in the 60s I had to get out & use part of the day. I stayed entirely on Village Court because of the gusts — not wanting to get blown into anything or anyone.
Legs lasted a strong 5 miles in 30 minutes

They promised gusts in the high 20s so I avoided the Halfbike & went out with Mr Tib on 17 teeth in the rear. The traffic was light and oddly enough there were few potholes even after our Big Freeze. I guess we got lucky.
Not many cyclists and the Tree Trimming Crew had done a fine job clearing the trail all the way to the Well Of Lycopolis.
