Monday, March 3, 2025

First Ride of 2025

March 2, 2025

It’s been relatively warm in the 50s for a few days so much of the snow has melted.  There was a lot of it, something like 18” on the ground around the house.  The key is that the streets are snow and ice free and when I saw that it was going to hit 61°F I knew I had to get the bike out.

It was mid afternoon and we’d returned from a 3-mile walk/hike with the dog at Riverfront Park.  It felt pretty good out so I grabbed by jacket, helmet, and gloves and rolled the bike out of its slumber.  When I hit the start button it fired right up as if it had just been parked the day before rather than the 2-months it was stashed.  I checked the tire pressures and both were at 38 PSI so I gave them each 4 pounds and got going.  The starting mileage is shown here.




I just wanted a short one to get the feeling back and it didn’t that long.  I rode out west on Rimrock Road and worked my way to the Canyon Creek Battlefield Memorial.  The roads are great but there is quite a bit of loose gravel in the intersections so one has to be wary.

I stopped at the memorial for the first photo on the season.


While I was there I noticed lots of spend brass on the ground.  I’d seen litter like this before and  I like to pick it all up with the thought that it might be added to an art project at some point.


I cruised back home on a zigzag pattern, logging about 35 miles for the day.



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