Happy Bike Month! Back to the Blog

It has been a little while since this was last updated.

So far for the year I have ridden 94 days out of 124 days. 77 of those days were commuting back and forth to work. The weather has been pretty interesting all of those days that I commuted. Rain, snow, hail, cold, warm, clear, overcast, windy, and any variation of those at one time.

The longest ride I have taken was a 27 mile ride to Pullman and back in March. It was a wonderful Sunday afternoon for a ride.

On April 21st and 22nd, Philip and I got the opportunity to watch the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference Championships here in Moscow and the surrounding area. The road race, a 23 mile loop, was held in the neat little town of Palouse, WA. I got to drive the lead car for two of the races that started in Palouse, went out on Highway 27 towards Pullman, turned onto Clear Creek Road, turned onto Highway 272, and went back into Palouse. Philip rode along and did a great job of being my co-pilot during the race. It made it easier to keep an eye on the road with him keeping an eye out for the cyclists. That evening was the Team Time Trial that started just outside of Genesee, ID on the old Highway 95 road. It was a blast watching all of the teams head out and then come back in full speed. On the 22nd, Philip and I went over to campus to watch the Criterium cycling race on the roads around the Law School. I have watched this a few times in the past but this time I got to stay to watch all of the races and from different areas of the course. These cyclists fly when they do these races. I get scared just watching how close they come to each other as they through the different turns.

I think the most interesting part of that weekend was the group of guys from Seattle University that we had staying at our house. It was a lot of testosterone and bike talk. Would have loved taking the Vandal bike out for a ride on the trail with them but they had to save all of their energy for the races.

Happy Bike Month!