Spent night off Montgomery on a gravel pad @ edge of fleet of semi trailers and 2 rail lines. A bit of train noise.
Decided to check out having a stickie design made & printed. Found place on Montgomery. Young guy doing the whole shebang. “Lifestyle Rider” definition by JP Nuts is soon to be stuck near you.
Rick called to invite me on his Lost Creek ride today. Way cool. Drove to his house and I packed a bag of gear for the ride in his truck. We loaded up and drove 1 hour to TH on N Fork of C d’A River, the ride I did at the start of my odyssey. I stared changing into my riding gear i discovered i forgot bike shorts. No ride for me nohow. i told Rick to do his ride and I would wait for him. He said we will drive back home & ride Beacon. i said I would drive him to top for his ride down. he said Beacon. Rick admitted that he has mispacked a few things in his life and he understands. We drove back. I put on my shorts and we drove to Beacon. My hip still hurts, although not as severe, I am still pulling my punches. And Rick is just hard riding. he rode MT Spokane yesterday and was stating an easy day for him. He let me lead and he said that he would stay 50′ behind me which he did.
The 50′ concept: I don’t like to ride first because I feel that i am holding the next person back. I ride harder to stay ahead. The second rider rides harder to stay on my wheel. I ride harder to keep ahead, he rides harder. At the end of the ride both are tired and complaining how hard the ride was. The 50′ is a buffer and I never felt pushed by him. I worked at it.
Dinner, a shower, & street sleeping @ Mars & Ricks.
Planned bike rides w/ Jeff V and another w/ Mel, Cal, & Guy from the loppers.
Forecast for today was rain in AM. I visited w/ Jeff @ U District PT and shared my recovery. He agrees w/ Arch. I am doing the exercise that Jeff gave me and Arch did later. Arch’s instructions explained the muscles to contract better than Jeff’s. I have been doing them w/ gusto and find the pain diminishing.
I waited out the rain pedaling away from TH @ Seven Mile in Riverside. Working a powerful mtn bike spin. My legs are spent.
Donated half rack of Kokanee to Bicycle Butler for the good and a shower.
Visited w/ Cal @ his place of employment: his home.
Dinner @ The Elk.
Temps are dropping, fall is here and winter is whispering a greeting. I might have laid around, played around this old town too long for riding down in the Sawtooths. Snow level Sunday is 4,000; Spokane is 2000′. I ahve a PT appointment on Wed so I should head out Thurs. Need to decide where. If my ride choices are snowed in, i just drive further south.