Re: Riding through the years.

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 1/5/2025 2:47 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 1/4/2025 6:12 PM, Tom Kunich wrote:

I ride almost 4 times a week and until recently with a fair sized group.
Now there are about 6 of us that ride together on and off. But a lot of my
riding now is solo. This largely because the group is aging and losing the
ability to do the rides that I still do. Saturday rides are easy rides but
on the way out to the coffee stop, they ride harder than I care to, and
then on the return trips they are riding a lot slower having burned
themselve out.
 
Perhaps one of them is capable of doing my North Palomares route but if he
did he would drop me like a stone since he is 20 years younger than me.
And he would freeze to death at the top waiting for me. So the group id
sging out from under me. Or too young snd too fast to ride at my speed.

 
Four degrees at dawn today. I skipped; too damned cold.
 

 
I was next to Cutty Sark this morning post a family wedding, quite a bit
warmer assuming you’re using Fahrenheit though wet. Been snow west and
north on higher lands though not massively so.
 
London has a handful of snow plows etc in fact has more of the wee sweepers
that they use for segregated bike lanes and similar places than full sized
ones as well it’s very rare that London snows and settles.
 
Even back in wales it’s much less common than it used to be, plus drivers
particularly the commercial ones were much more used to snow.
 
Remember a new boy at school waiting for the bus expecting to have snow
day, being disappointed when the school bus that came without issue, as
well the school buses came from a local firm up on the hill/gorge side so
snow wasn’t going to bother them, quite used to driving in it.
 
Roger Merriman

 
My days of waking up with one are long gone:
 
https://www.platinaliquor.com/uploads/products/3400.jpg?v=B2
 

Ah sadly or actually not I can’t tolerate alcohol nor do I miss it to be
honest! I have to be touch careful as even 0% alcohol beers etc aren’t 0%
which is annoying enough to make me feel mildly ill likewise the occasional
fancy soft drinks etc, cooked food is always fine, desserts I just swerve.

As ever it’s a minor inconvenience for the privilege of still being alive
and so on!

Roger Merriman