Ride On

Today is Justin's Birthday!! Hooray!! I took him out for dinner last night and tonight he is playing dodgeball with his team and then we may grab a drink afterwards :) Gotta love Birthdays!!

On October 22nd, Justin attended VeloSwap, the largest consumer cycle expo!! He returned with some goodies  for his bike. He also came home with a pretty cool surprise!! He bought me a bike!! This isn't just any bike... 

We believe it to be a 1970s-ish bike...'76, maybe ? It's a Schwinn Collegiate 3-speed... Just riding it around makes me feel as though I am back in time.... back into the 70s or something :) And I have the cutest little bell!! LOVE IT!!

We ordered new tires for it as when Justin purchased it, the originals were still on the bike. I cannot wait to take it out for some longer rides to the Highlands!!!

 Schwinn with Existing Tires

My First Ride

A WINTER RIDE ON PAVEMENT...

Sooo one question. Why is it snow-free in Denver and snow-crazy everywhere else in the US ?! This is so strange to me and I had to take advantage. We didn't have a white Christmas, but we will be skiing NEXT weekend, so we will definitely see snow before the end of the year, thank goodness!!!


OK - so back to taking advantage of this mild winter weather.. It was sort of warm out for this time of year. So, we decided to go for a ride on the trails! I was a bit chilly at first, but after a while it was PERFECT :) The ride was short - 90 minutes, but it was amazing to get so much fresh air right outside our door! I have been taking a break from running so this was oh-so-nice for the lungs...


One more thing to note - we were approaching a horse and its rider along with another cyclist. Right as we pulled up about 100 yards back, the cyclist seemed to spook the horse and the rider was whipped off the horse. He calmed the horse down while we waited behind, but I have to admit it was a bit scary out there for a moment! I am just glad the horse's owner is OK!!


Everyone have a FABULOUS final week of 2010!!!!

CHEAP THRILL

Today was our first long bike ride of the summer!!! Let's just call it a bike date, shall we? 26 miles out and back to Golden, Colorado. It's kind of fun not knowing exactly where you are sometimes, just riding through the forest over hills through different towns.

It was a bit hot today, but it was REALLY fun and that's really all that matters!! I got up to 22 MPH just on your typical bike trail, love it love it!!! We headed downtown and hit up Golden Capital Grill for a beer and a sandwich that we split. There aren't too many things I can think of that are better than riding your bike in the summer time with the breeze at your back!!

So, we are off to a great biking season and I cannot wait to get more miles in!! Happy Riding to all!!