DINOSAUR to CRAIG Colorado

Time in the saddle: nearly 6 hours
TOP speed: 81.5 - yes yes yes!!!
KM: 148
HARDNESS FACTOR: today was a enduring day....it had many climbs but many declines as well, on one of these down hills i sling shotted around another biker and pumped down a hill to settle into a nice tuck and before i knew it i was literally flying down the highway, so nice for once to go as fast as a vehicle, versus a slug up the hill. Alternatively though, bugs, butterflies, bees and other insects have passed me by while I cycle on up these so called mountains that are in the way to getting to Denver.....today after riding so lovingly down a hill to come upon another, i yelled out, WHO PUT THIS HILL IN THE WAY?!

This morning we started out a little after 7:30, Marty, Annette, Jenna, Kaitlyn and I. We had a good pace-line going and were getting into the groove of the ride. Soon we came upon Denise and Heidi, and they joined our ‘train’ up and down the beginning of the rolling hills. Today was much better than yesterday…much better. We stopped at the first sag, and were greeted by rain showers just after we stopped.

This is what happens when you lay your bike down when you stop at a sag wagon and it begins to rain....rightly so, for i have no kickstand...they are uncool! It left a lovely imprint in the gravel and called for a photo op....

COLORADO in its beauty and majesty.

Part of the group I rode with today...Jenna, Kaitlyn, Marty, Jonathan, Annette, Denise and Heidi. What fun we had....

We continued on, the a small town where we had lunch at a park. We spent over an hour chatting at the picnic tables and changing a flat Kaitlyn got...it was the weirdest flat ever. We were done lunch, and she had headed to the gas station to get gatorade...when suddenly we heard a woooshhhh noise... and we looked over at her bike and you could see her tire losing air.
Lawrence changed it nearly before she came back....we were trying to see if we could get it done before she got back and see if she noticed...

For most of the morning I could only ride in my small front ring...don't know what was going on...but Lawrence saved me there, he just twirled a few of these things on my bike and presto...big ring back in order. THANKS Lawrence!

The rest of the ride in...the last 50 some k, I rode with Jenna, Denise, and Heidi...we doubled up and chatted through the hills and made it into town safely. I got one flat, my rear tire is a little on the thin side, and a rock managed to lodge right through the rubber.
CHANGE OF TUBE TIME: 7 minutes... thanks ZINGER for pumping the last 30 psi in...aha.
So Hilena, you gotta work on the tire changing time... your 5 times slower...

When we got to town, we all exclaimed at the fact that there were stop lights... i know i know, stop lights, but the last few stops have been some small towns...
WE went to walmart for gatorade, a local jewelry shop for kicks...and a bike shop for Jenna needed a part (bike ring on front cog) ...This bike shop was the size of a double garage and packed to the nines...tiptoe room only...he had her part and saved her day, now she can go fast like me!

Tonight, I changed my tires....they have a lovely blue stripe in them and match my bike...apparently the boys think they are every so lovely...and wish they had tires like mine..