Woke Up To The Sound Of Pouring Rain

Weather has not been or friend over the last couple of weeks, for the second weekend in a row we had a planned ride in Kansas thwarted by liquid sunshine. No that the rides didn't take place we just opted not to drive several hours to head toward the same or slightly worse weather than what was expected right here. That doesn't even take into account the ungodly early wake up call in order to make it down to Kansas for the start of those rides, I don't mind getting up for a ride but getting up to get rained on doesn't sound like something a sane person would do voluntarily.



I kind of feel like the boy that cried wolf lately with finding someone to lead the ride in Lincoln on Saturday only to show up to said ride I wasn't supposed to be at. I don't feel that bad though, not as bad as sitting on the couch missing riding altogether so there is that to factor in as well. Since the weather wasn't stellar in Lincoln either we decided to do a little in town coffee spin. Some people might be less than excited for such a ride but since I've always been one to ride more for the social aspect than for the KOMs I like it just fine. Might actually prefer it sometimes.



Just because we weren't hitting the gravel didn't mean we couldn't also get in a pretty decent ride. The rain kept most people indoors which made the paths smooth sailing so we rode down to the new connector bridge and ran into Raffey and Karla. Two new Laufs and a Canyon, so much drool was sloshed on the bridge on Saturday unsuspecting users of the trail probably wondered why it rained so much more in that particular location. With the quick-link half off the supply chain causing the usual parts flow to ghost shift on the cogs of commerce like the drum intro to Van Halen's Hot For Teacher people are starting to look for alternative places to find new bicycles. I've seen a lot more direct to consumer bikes showing up in the last few months than I have ever before. People need to feed that new bike smell addiction one way or another.



People are itching to get back to some form of normal, this was more than apparent when we got to Rock-n-Joe. I've not seen it this hoppining this early on a Saturday ever. We grabbed our beverage and food and saddled up to a table on the patio... unfortunately the propane heaters on the patio were all out of propane and heat that day. Patios in the chillier weather has also been on the uptick the last year which probably makes it difficult for businesses to gauge just how much propane to keep on hand so you can't really fault them. Thankfully the coffee was hot and the cheese cake sandwich fueled the shiver motor which helped you to keep warm.


Kids out playing also seems to be returning to a more normal state of affairs, not sure a wet ditch on a chilly day is the best choice of adventure but as a kid that loved to get dirty also I get the lure of an open ditch. Quick spin back to the shop and everyone scattered to warmer and drier parts.

Saturday's Ride. Sunday's adventure.