82 F
82 F
It finally stopped raining so Jerry and I got together for a ride.
A little better pic
80 F
Rain all day, did go to the gym and then had me a chicken enchilada and that was about it.
Looking forward to the ride in Mineola on Saturday.
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82 F
Jerry and I had a good ride today.
It was rather warm, 82 deg and humid but all in all pretty nice.
Jerry was thinking he was bonking after climbing our Queen Hill, he told me, "hell, all I had for breakfast was some toast and a can of pork and beans," heck, sounds good to me.
I was a good guy, as usual, and gave him my Milky Way.
Right after you top the big hill you run up on this guy
74 F
No ride today but I did go to the gym and then I cleaned the inside of my truck which, of course, was overdue.
I'm getting a bit tired of clouds, we need a day of full Sun, Texans need sun.
Jerry and I are going to Mineola on Friday and will camp, truck camp, and then make the ride on Saturday morning.
70 F
It was another strange weather day, cloudy with spots of Sun and still a slight threat of rain.
I was watching the Cowboys football game but decided in the 3rd quarter I didn't really want to watch Romo blow it again, so I went for a ride.
I headed to Linden and once I got there I called Jerry on the cell and asked if he wanted to ride, lucky I called, it got him off the couch.
We had a good ride and then I returned to casa.
And the Cowboys did loose, with the combo of Jerry Jones and Romo they're will be no Super Bowl.
70 F
Today was a strange day, thought for sure it was going to rain. I waited around for it to warm a bit and also wondered if I would get caught by the rain. I decided to go for it, a ride to Linden and back, needed about an hour rain free.
The ride to town was fun with the 20 mph tailwind, ahead of me were Blue Skies and all was good, and then I got to Linden and turned around.
65 F
I've been getting in some riding, I have to, the weather is to nice not to.
On Wednesday Jerry and I had a nice ride, Jerry is still recovering from his Marshall workout.
I've tried to explain to Jerry the difference between a workout and a ride, now he understands, he had a workout in Marshall, the first I know of that he's had, and he now feels like a bit of Angina has set in.
I kept my eye on him on the ride and he did good, I really think that his old ticker was just surprised by the work and wasn't used to it, I think he'll come around.
I went to a funeral on Tuesday, a sixty yr old friend passed away. Freddy was a really nice guy and a pillar of the community and I was really impressed by the tribute his son gave him at the service, something I could never do, to emotional.
So today it's off to the Gym and then a ride in the afternoon.
Tomorrow I plan on doing my forty mile ride, if you want to pull me, get in touch.
Had to post this, I've been riding bikes all my life and I still don't understand this and fully realize that I could never do it, and that's hard for mrbill to admit.
72 F
I had a nice ride today after cutting some firewood in the morning.
It was another beautiful day, keep em comin.
On todays ride I rode to Linden, found me a nice little spot for a break and spent some time watching the traffic, kind of fun for a change.
In the reading department, From: "The Good Soldier Svejk,"
"Even thievery must exist," said Svejk, laying himself down on a straw mattress. "If everyone was always honest with one another, then they would soon smash each other out of existence."
If you want to ride, give me a call, if you don't want to ride, don't call.
70 F
Nice ride today, beautiful weater in NE TX.
We had full sun and 70 degree weather today, I wore my vest and it worked out fine.
These forty degree mornings are kind of chilly until you get used to it.
I think I'll ride again tomorrow if I don't end up cross/training with the Chainsaw.
I had a north breeze for about half my ride,
70 F
I went to the gym today and then I worked around casa doing some things I've been neglecting.
The delivery men, UPS, FedEx are not happy with my drive, they have to navigate limbs and trees.
We used to have a UPS delivery man Bob, big BS'er, he saw me in town and asked if I cleaned up my drive, I told him, "No, I've just quit using UPS."
So yesterday I got out the old chainsaw and went to work, got a few trees cut and my neighbor got some firewood.
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In the reading department I finished "The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories" by Anton Chekhov. This guy had more trouble with women than I do, some rather unique looks at life.
At present I'm reading, "The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Svejk," by Jaroslav Hasek. I'm almost certain this is going to be a very good book, set in the period of WW1 in Central Europe.
Part of my Czech research and interest.
72 F
Great weather for riding, 70 deg with full sun.
I was looking on the Internet for some Lube for my bike. I was also wondering if it was good to use gasoline for cleaning your chain, that's when I ran across this:
One day while cleaning my bike, my dog came along and started drinking the gas out of the dish. All of a sudden, my dog started freaking out. Poor thing started running around the house, around the garage and just went psycho. Eventually, he ran up to me and just dropped dead.
We ended up taking him to the Vet to see why he died. The Vet told us, "He just ran out of GAS!!" Hahahahaahah.
I'm thinking my 35 mile ride tomorrow will begin about 1 or 2 pm, it might be a bit cool earlier.
Leave a commentFrom:TomYeah, our ride will start out with snow flurries, according to the weather predictions.
mrbill:
Sounds fun, wish I was there, not.
62 F
Update:
The rain didn't stop and it only got to 62 deg. Good reading weather.
Just finished breakfast, listening to rain on the roof. It started raining yesterday and rained all night, I think we're getting caught up.
I will go to the Gym today and hopefully by the time I'm thru the rain will have let up and I'll be able to ride.
In addition to the "Autumn in Bonham" ride there is another ride coming up which I plan on making, Nov 2nd
The "Mineola Metric Century" ride,I've never done this ride so that's an extra incentive for me to attend, new rides are always fun.
76 F
I found me some hills and I also found me some rain.
When I left the house I figured I'd get wet, almost took my rain jacket, but decided it would be to warm, good choice.
It was kind of fun riding in the rain, but not something I would like to do all the time.
I did a 26 mile loop, the north half it was raining and the southern half was mostly dry.
Leaving Linden the southern part of my route,
Rain on road to casa.Saturday I'll be doing a 32mile ride around Linden, anyone wanting to join in just get in touch either thru email or comment.
This is the route, click for more info.
76 F
Kind of a dreary day, cloudy, damp, had a hard time getting started.
I was late to the gym but got her done.
After gym went for Chinese and then went home to ride.
Rode to Linden, best thing that happend all day, a bike ride always makes it better.
Nice little spot for a break in Linden.
82 F
I went to the "Tour de Fireant" on Saturday, had a lot of fun.
Charmane, who I met at the Douglasville ride, was there and we rode most of the ride together.
Jerry also made the ride and he did real well on his new bike. This was the hardest effort I believe Jerry ever made, now he knows the difference between working out and riding.
The weather was fine, cloudy and cool, only problem being hooomidity, hard to take pics with sweat on everything and camera clouding up.
I had fun visiting with folks and doing a little pulling on the road, mrbill likes that.
I believe the only other person from Texarkana was Nancy Gore, a real bike enthusiast.
So I had a great time at the ride, looking forward to our next one.
To see some pics of the ride, click the image below.
Leave a commentFrom:Michael:Great to meet you Saturday :-)
mrbill:
Nice to meet yall too, one of these days I'll probably be chasing yall, keep on ridin!
88 F
Christmas in October, I got my workstand, how did I get by the last 35 yrs w/o a workstand.
I put it together and had a bike on it in no time.
The downside is my Front Derailleur didn't arrive and that's the main thing I need, life messing with me.
I did manage to make some adjustments to my old derailleur and I'm going to take it on a test ride tomorrow.
If you work on your bike and don't have a workstand, get one, it was really nice working on derailleur while on stand.
I will be going to Marshall to the "Tour de Fireant" on Saturday, the dogs are looking forward to it too, they usually get a pizza.
Looks like it's going to be another beautiful day in NE TX, will take a ride and enjoy the day, probably do a little reading too.
"Cast No Stones" which I'm reading now is turning out to be a good one.
82 F
I've been riding every day but decided to take the day off.
I did go to the Gym and enjoyed Chinese afterwards.
The weather here right now can't be beat, little wind factor but temps are just right.
I've ordered a new front derailleur for my bike, I knew I'd be upgrading from Tiagra to Ultegra just didn't know it would be this soon, hope it arrives today.
I'm planning on going to a ride in Marshall, TX this weekend, the "Tour de Fireant."
This is a really good ride, well organized, and a good after ride experience, they even give away a bike and all the pizza yu can eat and beer is also available, not many rides treat you this good.
I love mushrooms, I took this picture of a couple in my front yard
82 F
I've been getting in some riding, not necessary to get out early since our last little cold front, upper 40's and 50's in the morning.
I had a nice ride yesterday with Jerry, it was fun, Jerry is enjoying his new bike and even acting a bit like a real biker, did have to leave him on the hills.
As you can tell by my last post I like Murals, here is Lindens Mural
88 F, 80% Hum
I had a good ride this morning, went by Jerrys to look at his new "Bling" bike, looks nice and he's happy.
Went to Gym, had Chinese, and then Skyped my friends in the Czech Republic, had a real nice visit, Nicole had to scrape ice off her windshield this morning.
88 F, 90% Hum
I did some overdue yardwork yesterday morning, so my daily ride was in the afternoon.
I usually ride in the morning, more decent hours when it's so hot in the afternoon, but I did enjoy yesterdays evening ride.
I went by the Square in Linden
Leave a commentFrom:TomHow many times in your life have you said, "I won't do that again" and went ahead and did it again?
mrbill:
I'm serious this time, hold it, I was serious last time, oh well.
86 F, 100% Hum
Still in the later stages of Recovery from my weekend in Waco, I'm not going to do that again, not the ride, the Bar.
I finally got out for a ride on the 1rst, 11 miles on the Mtn bike was all I was good for. We've had some rain and that's great but the problem is afterwards the Humidity is almost unbearable, especially when your not at the top of your game.
On todays ride, back on the road bike, it was still extremely humid but at least I feel that I'm getting back to where I was before Waco.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow, Charmane, who I met at the Douglasville ride is planning to come to Linden for a ride, we plan on doing 26, with the conditions that should be enough.
I'm looking forward to next week, a front is coming thru this weekend and it should be cooler next week with less humidity.
Get out and ride and stay out of those Sports Bars, now off to the Gym.