Anyone here joined the National Bike Challenge?

[Ann M.]

Excellent way to spend your birthday, @KenM. Hope you got to have your icecream cake and eat it too!

 

[Brambor]

Happy Bday Ken!

I will be back on the bike tomorrow. Had a small surgery on Monday. Today is a rest day. Biking tomorrow. Over the weekend I put on decent miles but they were on water :-( in a sea kayak. Does that count ?

 

[Ann M.]

Adventure Man! So all that paddling gives you extra upper body strength and that helps on the hills (at least it did when I only road the old fashioned kind of racing bike)

 

[KenM.]

Thank you Brambor . Take care of yourself , do not over do it.
Talk about over doing it! That sure looks like some sea trip you took! Looks like fun, and a lot of work at the same time.
Hope all was fun! Keep looking up! Ken.

 

[KenM.]

All you have to do is hook up some pedals to a propeller , then there is no problem with logging in those 26 miles!! Ken.

 

[Brambor]

26 miles is a long day in a boat. This was palatable though and the tides helped too.

 

[PowerMe]

Impressive @Brambor!

Hope you're feeling well from your surgical procedure. I'm going to ride in about 15 min, since it doesn't look like it's going to rain.

 

[Ann M.]

RAIN @PowerMe ! You have a chance at rain... it's 97 here with humidity ; my Crepe Myrtles are begging for rain. Go ride.

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

That is COOL!! You ride across that bridge and you will be the CHAMP !! Good picture .

Hey Ken, I used to ride my bike over that bridge after they closed it for cars and trucks. I figured if it had been standing for 125 years and had a five ton weight limit it would probably carry skinny me and my eBike over the Housatonic. And it did so just fine. Then they turned it into a construction site and replaced the nicely-lettered Jersey barriers with a plywood fence and started to rip up the decking. Game over.
The only way I could cross the Housie there now would be if I donned some Jesus shoes.
If Bud decides to lay low today, I should be back in 2nd place in a couple of hours (or at least neck and neck).
That's cuz' even though I weenied out on commuting today—bad WX threatened—I've got to ride to CVS in New York State for meds and toothpaste. That's a twenty-mile trip. See y'all in a few hours God willing and the creek don't rise.
*****
Brambor - feel well cap'n. I miss Maine, especially mid-coast or further down east. Haven't eaten one of those Homarus Americanus in too damn long. Grew up next door to a commercial fisherman who used to leave a box of bugs on our back porch at least once a week. I was the only kid in Central Grammar School who was so tired of lobster salad that he'd trade his sandwich for a PB&J.
Go Team EBR!
Allen

 

[PowerMe]

@Ann M. I did ride, 19.5 mi., just got back 20 min ago.

 

[Brambor]

nice Allen. Thanks for the latin version. It helped me tie it to Czech translation for a Lobster = Humr. It probably has roots in French. Not sure what the French name for a Lobster is.
...and yes, I did have one in Frenchboro at the dock.

Hey Ken, I used to ride my bike over that bridge after they closed it for cars and trucks. I figured if it had been standing for 125 years and had a five ton weight limit it would probably carry skinny me and my eBike over the Housatonic. And it did so just fine. Then they turned it into a construction site and replaced the nicely-lettered Jersey barriers with a plywood fence and started to rip up the decking. Game over.
The only way I could cross the Housie there now would be if I donned some Jesus shoes.
If Bud decides to lay low today, I should be back in 2nd place in a couple of hours (or at least neck and neck).
That's cuz' even though I weenied out on commuting today—bad WX threatened—I've got to ride to CVS in New York State for meds and toothpaste. That's a twenty-mile trip. See y'all in a few hours God willing and the creek don't rise.
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Brambor - feel well cap'n. I miss Maine, especially mid-coast or further down east. Haven't eaten one of those Homarus Americanus in too damn long. Grew up next door to a commercial fisherman who used to leave boxes of bugs on our back porch at least once a week. I was the only kid in Central Grammar School who was so tired of lobster salad that he'd trade his sandwich for a PB&J.
Go Team EBR!
Allen

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

I did ride, 19.5 mi., just got back 20 min ago.

Nice try PowerMe. But I regret to inform you that my round trip to CVS was twenty miles, eclipsing your performance by a whopping half-mile; woot!
I don't mean to get all competitive on ya'; it's really not in my nature and I totally respect women, having grown up with three sisters and raising three daughters. I know, I know; girls rule and boys drool.
All kidding aside, according to our Team Cheerleader (KenM) we need all the miles we can get.
Once I eat some grub, and call me Mum, I'm gonna' go to the NBC website and see if I clawed my way back in to 2nd place. Look out Bud; I'm breathing down yur' neck, and—for a guy who's as old as dirt—I can get pretty competitive…just ask PowerMe.
Go Team EBR!
Allen

 

[KenM.]

You got him Allen. Now quit watching the TV and go get some more miles in , and you will not let That Bud in front of you again.
We have to keep the lead between us Old Dudes. 10-4 Ol Buddy. Keep looking up! Ken .

 

[J.R.]

So Mr. Brambor, how often do you and your daughter ride/boat for lobster

 

[Brambor]

?

 

[Reddy Kilowatt]

You got him Allen. Now quit watching the TV

I don't have a TV KenM. I have a rich inner life though, according to my former wife.
Go Team EBR!
Allen

 

[Brambor]

Logged my 14 today. Great to be back in the saddle (since last Thursday). Somewhat foggy day. Feeling Great. Go Team EBR!

 

[PowerMe]

Those lobsters looked mighty tasty. And corn too!

</jealous>

 

[KenM.]

Good for you Allen. I have not watched TV since 2001.
A lot better things to do with our time!
Keep pedaling , and looking up! Ken.

 

[J.R.]

?

Just giving you grief, suggesting your wife looks too young for you

You two look like you have a lot of fun, rolling and floating about!