... weekend rides (and a hike).
The weekend started with a little hike with Toby Friday. We did our first hike around the Snow Shoe loop in West Bragg Creek. Great day for a hike. Not quiet enough snow for those snow shoes, but I did see some ski tracks going up telephone loop. Some must be very happy about winter coming early, others probably wish we had a few more weekends of good riding left. Later on Craig and I took our cross bikes out for a local evening ride. Equipped with lights to get a bit of night riding in. We stared going West and figured we might as well keep exploring along the river. Ended up in the back of someone yard, with a couple of play full lamas. Pretty neat, my first close encounter of those on my bike. They probably had hoped for a little serving of snacks, but we didn't have much to offer so snuck out through the golf course and back around the neighborhood, working our way to Bowmont. The trails were great, but as the first ride in snow, I can't say I stayed on the trail to easy. Miss the wider front wheel, but this we will work on for the next 4-5 months it seems. Great little ride to kick the weekend off.
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| Start of single track (Stoney Bridge) |
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| Any treats?? |
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| Craig and Shauna staying warm! |
Saturday Craig and I planned a ride through town and up to the Beans'n Barley race, I was thinking of racing but would see how it worked out. My coffee machine stopped working the night before, so first stop on the ride was Cadence. We rode mostly on the path, a little bit of trail up to the race venue. Great turn out! The course looked plenty fun, so hurried to get signed in, took at least the front fenders off, and ready to role. Actually a fun race! Not a typical 40 min in the red zone kinda race due to the snow, and the huge amount of riders on the course. Great to see such great turn out of women riders! Ended up second, not able to track down Andrea. I got my one cross race in of the year so happy with the stop over. Craig enjoyed some socializing and hopefully managed to stay warm. We took a little bit of a break from the race venue for a warm up coffee trip with Shaun. Had an excellent tomato soup before heading back to watch the end of the expert men and the elite men's race. Rode another social lap with Craig and Jeff then back through the city and a little bit of Bowmont. Quick stop at the bike shop to look for break pads, but quickly got distracted by tires. Got home with new tires, forgot to get break pads!
Sunday we met at Cadence for a coffee and with a great turn out, Craig, Erik, Jon and I ventured out on the regular (the last couple of weekends) loop to Cochrane. With the snow it definitely added to the difficulty and with no breaks it added a bit more of that.... made it safely to the Coffey shop after great snowy single track, some road and the city line. Erik and Jon due to time restrictions went back on the roads, while Craig and I did our ride through the valley. With the awesome sunshine the snow became perfect snowman snow! Great if you're a kid and want to make a snowman, not so great if you're a rider, trying to make it to Calgary. Though it countered the need for breaks! Great workout through the fields. Looking forward to many more of these winter rides!
Happy Riding!
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| Jon, Erik and Craig! |
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| Blue sky and Craig! |
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| Sticky snow... |
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| Really sticky snow... |
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| ..but happy to be riding! |
The weekend started with a little hike with Toby Friday. We did our first hike around the Snow Shoe loop in West Bragg Creek. Great day for a hike. Not quiet enough snow for those snow shoes, but I did see some ski tracks going up telephone loop. Some must be very happy about winter coming early, others probably wish we had a few more weekends of good riding left. Later on Craig and I took our cross bikes out for a local evening ride. Equipped with lights to get a bit of night riding in. We stared going West and figured we might as well keep exploring along the river. Ended up in the back of someone yard, with a couple of play full lamas. Pretty neat, my first close encounter of those on my bike. They probably had hoped for a little serving of snacks, but we didn't have much to offer so snuck out through the golf course and back around the neighborhood, working our way to Bowmont. The trails were great, but as the first ride in snow, I can't say I stayed on the trail to easy. Miss the wider front wheel, but this we will work on for the next 4-5 months it seems. Great little ride to kick the weekend off.
Sunday we met at Cadence for a coffee and with a great turn out, Craig, Erik, Jon and I ventured out on the regular (the last couple of weekends) loop to Cochrane. With the snow it definitely added to the difficulty and with no breaks it added a bit more of that.... made it safely to the Coffey shop after great snowy single track, some road and the city line. Erik and Jon due to time restrictions went back on the roads, while Craig and I did our ride through the valley. With the awesome sunshine the snow became perfect snowman snow! Great if you're a kid and want to make a snowman, not so great if you're a rider, trying to make it to Calgary. Though it countered the need for breaks! Great workout through the fields. Looking forward to many more of these winter rides!
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