Last Hurrah for Winter

Forget the groundhog. I'm calling an end to this winter stuff. Over, done, enough. Spring, get to springing.

Today was the closest I've come to not getting myself out on the bike this year.

It was a lovely day for cross country skiing. Five of us went out to Coopers Rock State Forest, and the conditions were wonderful. My condition wasn't, however. I hadn't skied in a couple years. When my buddy Kelly dropped me off at the house afterwards, I wasn't sure I could walk in under my power. Then I needed a 45 minute recovery before I had enough energy to take a nap.

I did finally haul my sorry self out and onto the Burley around 4:30. The view above is looking down Kingwood Street. There was a bit of a snow globe effect going on about then (you can see it a bit if you click the picture for a bigger view). Once the wind died down it was actually pretty nice, and I started to enjoy the ride.

It has been very surprising to me how easy and pleasant riding on these slick streets has been on the recumbent. I'm not having any real trouble, even running the stock Kwests on the Burley or Primo Comet rear/Scorcher front on the EZ-1. Who would have thunk it. I am keeping my speed way, way down. At first I stuck with the low bottom bracketed EZ-1 for this sort of day, but have slowly gotten comfortable taking the Burley out also. I do unclip from the pedals when things get wooly (on either bike).

The forecast for next Sunday is 57 degrees.

I'll take it.