The last 4 or 5 days have been nice enough to get outside and bike. Two nights ago I attended my first club ride of this year. The Melon City Bike Club simply calls this their Tuesday night ride; however, most of the riders that attend call this race night or hammer night.
There were 8 of us that showed up for the ride. The wind was blowing swiftly (20+ mph) out of the southwest. We headed into the wind and we let the fastest riders do all the pulling on the first half of the ride. Averaging 18-20 mph into this kind of head wind was amazing. Since I am the senior citizen in the bunch, I let everyone else do the work and I drafted. Hopefully, as the season progresses and I get into better shape I will be able to do some of the pulling. Coming back was real quick, averaging 28-30 mph. The wind had started to die down a little, but it still gave us a good boost. Two riders turned around before we got to the halfway point. I got dropped before we got back to the starting point, but ended up with a 20.9 average for the 34 mile ride. I found out that you don't get much of a draft from a good tailwind.
My Colorado ride this year is scheduled for June 28-July 3. So far I have several that are planning on going. Hopefully, I will make our lodging reservations in the next week or two and put the final plans together to make this ride happen. If you would like to see a preview of this year's ride, you can go to my web-page: www.crazyguyonabike.com/iowacyclist
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