JB cancelled again today, so just me. I did a quick one and didn't wait around at Junction.
Summer ends next weekend... I can finally dial down those explosive interval sprints for a while.
Coming down I collected a rider who was staying behind me so I figured I wasn't slowing him down and I kept most of my lane. Then I got stuck behind a slower car, and the rider passed us both around a blind turn...
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| Road repairs and driveway mods at Buckeye |
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| Getting a new roof at the Junction House |
Me 'n JB both had non-Diablo stuff to do Saturday, so it was a Sunday solo ride for me.
HOT! But the air quality was good and the sky was blue and there wasn't much wind. I stopped a couple times to hydrate in the shade. At Junction I was feeling a little light-headed so I took a long break.
Wildlife Encounter: One deer at the Ranger housing area.
Getting ready this morning, I thought I might get sick and vomit... but it passed, and once I was in the saddle doing my thing I felt fine.
Labor Day weekend - not many drivers.
Diablo Challenge coming up - lots of riders.
JB said the turnout lane work is done on NGR except for painting some stripes, so it should be open full time by next week.
Roadkill Report: just a dumb squirrel.
Tarantula Tally: zero
I think about 10% of the bikes I saw today were electric.
Today was the celebration event for *almost* completing the bike turnout lanes... I guess they planned this thinking they'd all be done, but there's a little more work to do. There was a news crew and politicians and state park officials and lots of bike riders. Your humble blogger even has a cameo in the news story at 3m39s. There was a lot of thanking and acknowledgment and a lot of my loyal blog readers share some of the credit for donating to this safety campaign as well.
Tarantula Tally: one crawler and one corpse. First two of the year.
I rode past the celebration area at Curry Point on the way up and they were just getting finished with the setup tents. They had bike parking from Valley Spokesmen I think - the kind like they have at centuries and triathlons. Then I went up to Junction expecting to meet with JB but he was a little late so I rode back down to Curry Point where Shawn and Charlie found me right away - good to catch up with them. JB rode his newly-restored Teesdale, with custom Iowa Hawkeye paint including a Tiger Hawk emblem. It was also the first time I saw Charlie's new bike; a carbon fiber Salsa.
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| Cal jersey autoblog. |
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| Tarantula! |
