Cupcake ride!

The heatwave finally broke and boy did the weather feel fabulous! We actually woke up to temperatures in the upper 40s, which is pretty chilly, but no complaints here!

John was working on Saturday, so my ride was solo. I wanted a longer ride but didn’t really want to bike down to Saratoga alone. I’ve done it before and funny enough got a flat tire. Or not funny LOL.  I decided I would do closer loops to home so that I could get help a little faster than if I was stranded halfway to Saratoga.

I love to ride in the mornings. It’s not as hot and with the sun lower, there is a lot more shade from trees. Plus less traffic. It’s win-win all around!  I did a large loop by the airport, which has some nice climbs and lots of open road:

You know summer is in full swing when the chickory blooms:

My new bike jersey:

One truly annoying thing about bike jerseys is that there is no vanity sizing. In fact, it’s like the opposite. It’s soul crushing sizing LOL. You need to get shirts that are 3 times the size of your normal shirt to have a chance of it fitting. So I have an XXL and it’s snug on my hips. Looser in the shoulders – so obviously made for a slim-hipped woman and not a curvy one.  But, It’s very comfortable and cool (even though it’s black).

After about 15 miles, I stopped in the shade for a snack:

This would be all sunny if it was later. Did I mention I like morning riding?

This is also a new item I received for my birthday – a wrist mirror!

It’s adjustable. It rotates around and opens and closes.  The only thing that I need to get used to is that things look small in the mirror and really are much closer than they look.  And lots more freckles on view as well – 50 sunscreen applied.

I finished up at 33.5 miles on the day. Since it was morning, it was too early for a cupcake, but I did stop at the bakery in the last couple of miles to bring one home for later!  This was a butterbeer cuppie with an iced latte consumed next to our water feature.

That made for a nice afternoon snack!

I also treated Mr. Fuji to a bath. I have to admit I haven’t done much more than rinse it off in the last couple of years, but it was time for a full on scrub down with the grit:

Yuck.  I got out a scrub brush, toothbrush, degreaser and a magic eraser and now Mr. Fuji hasn’t looked this clean since I got it!

And wouldn’t you know a bird pooped on the handlebars while it was in the sun drying off. Gotta love it.

Now I just need to grease the chain and gears before the next ride and show off the sparkle! 🙂

8 thoughts on “Cupcake ride!

  1. Fran

    Nice bike ride! I always do my hikes in the morning. I don’t like hiking in the afternoon (especially not during Summer) and usually a hike takes me all morning (including commuting) and then I have the afternoon to do other things. And it’s often more quiet in the morning, you don’t see that many people then.

    1. Lori Post author

      If it’s not really hot, I enjoy our long ride days. It fits better with a cupcake snack as well when you go later 😀

  2. Chris B

    Love your new bike jersey (and totally agree about the sizing problems of women’s jerseys!)
    Cool biking gloves too! Mine are just plain blue and black.

  3. debby

    Its nice to see the cupcake rides return! I’m mostly an afternoon exerciser, but in the summer I take my walks in the morning before it gets too hot!

  4. Lisa

    Interesting! I have a small mirror mounted on my handle bar. It works pretty well. Do you like the wrist one better?

    1. Lori Post author

      I think I like it better because I can move it around easily if I need to see something. It does get hot on my wrist, though.

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