Invasion of the Lycra wearers.
Jun. 3rd, 2001 04:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathpixieMy kitchen is full of cyclists at the moment. *grins* Okay, slight exaggeration, there's only three of them, but if this was my old kitchen in Elsternwick, it would be full to overflowing with cyclists in that case. ;)
BRM, Caroline and Ian went off for a mountain bike ride at about two this afternoon. I didn't go with them because I thought they were going to the Baranduda Ranges again, and my knee's been acting up in the cold and I didn't feel up to the 15km ride out there on bitumen - my MTB is not the best touring bike and much prefers dirt to tar. Turns out they went to the hills at the back of our place, which is kinda annoying because this is precisely where I went for my ride this afternoon - down Felltimber Creek Road until I hit the dirt section, then along the dirt road that runs between the housing line and the bottom of the hills until I hit the new development off Yaralumla Drive, and then along the bike path to home. About an hour in all, but it was solid riding, up and down hill, no walking. it was fun - nothing difficult, since I didn't have any tools or a spare tube with me (again, Bad Rossi, no cookie!) and it was late afternoon, already advancing towards evening. Once the sun dropped behind the hills I really noticed the chill in the air. It starts to get dark at about 4 o'clock these days, which means if I want to do much riding I have to get motivated to go in the morning: the MTB has no lights, and nowhere to put them.
BRM, Caroline and Ian went off for a mountain bike ride at about two this afternoon. I didn't go with them because I thought they were going to the Baranduda Ranges again, and my knee's been acting up in the cold and I didn't feel up to the 15km ride out there on bitumen - my MTB is not the best touring bike and much prefers dirt to tar. Turns out they went to the hills at the back of our place, which is kinda annoying because this is precisely where I went for my ride this afternoon - down Felltimber Creek Road until I hit the dirt section, then along the dirt road that runs between the housing line and the bottom of the hills until I hit the new development off Yaralumla Drive, and then along the bike path to home. About an hour in all, but it was solid riding, up and down hill, no walking. it was fun - nothing difficult, since I didn't have any tools or a spare tube with me (again, Bad Rossi, no cookie!) and it was late afternoon, already advancing towards evening. Once the sun dropped behind the hills I really noticed the chill in the air. It starts to get dark at about 4 o'clock these days, which means if I want to do much riding I have to get motivated to go in the morning: the MTB has no lights, and nowhere to put them.
