Solo SART and Some Ron & Dixie

 Mostly Solo 46. Video for now and a shout out to Mountain Bike Mario and his carpet cleaning/Auto detail business. Rode with Ron and Dixie for about 10 who looked strong. Chat with Alyce.

So I headed out to SART which I don't ride much anymore. Figured I'd get in a nice long smooth ride seeing the trail is much smoother than SGRT. But as usual, a late start. I see my ride start time at 10:44. I'd be getting warmer than I wanted but just can't seem to get up at 6 am, as usual. Blah!

Max of 102 means it's warm. I did see Alyce at the start, midride I believe as she was heading to the coast meeting some friends for coffee. I headed inland a bit after Ron and Dixie. I skipped my usual stop at Yorba Park missing my stretch. Felt it later after passing Edna Park. Boy did my back start to hurt.  I don't think it had anything to do with the new saddle as I felt this coming on at work around Wednesday. The monitor on the SmartScope is a bit too low and before I realized it was not good for me, my back was acting up. Blah!

But I did arrive at the coast as R&D were getting ready to leave. But they hesitated some so we could chat. Ron found a new friend wanting to chat about clipless pedals so I chatted with Dixie as I ate my granola bars. Yeah, the cheap Walmart brand ha ha ha! Dixie being a super nice lady, I always enjoy chatting with her. Great couple too!

We headed back so I got some  footage for my video. Good thing because I'm sure the cycling world is tired of seeing my face ha ha ha! They roll out pretty fast whereas I take a few miles to warm up. Right away they were up to 18.5, 19, 20 and my usual warm up speed on that section is about 17. So I was struggling a bit to keep up and knew it would take a bit to go up front to help them out. Sure enough,  5 miles later I finally found it in me to move up. Of course hitting the downhill before Moon Park, they rolled by at 24 mph. That's when it's tough to keep the speed with one hand hoping to keep up for some video footage ha ha ha!

They were rolling pretty good so about 7 miles in, my back got tight again. Blah!  Reaching the bridge at Edna, I told them I was stopping to stretch my back. They rolled on and I stopped.  Bummer but did me good.  The next day, only did 20 but the back felt much better. So mostly solo other than the 10 with R&D.

Of course a little plug for Mtn Bike Mario. We had made a couple of videos few years back. He sent a text a couple days ago asking me to help promote his business. I'm guessing my blog and videos. Yeah Ok, seemed like a good guy back then. Actually the only guy who ever offered to pay for a cycling video. Sounds good but you know me, I ain't no professional videographer so I couldn't accept payment seeing I do it for a hobby. But that told me a lot about Mario, dude is willing to give some and not worried about losing a little money if he had to pay for something. I respect that vs the guy who won't let you borrow a pump without paying for the air ha ha ha!

SO yeah, a variety of cleaning services ranging from Rancho Cucamonga to Pasadena. Even Hermosa Beach, willing to travel if the price is right and makes business sense. All I can say is, Mario is a good dude. If I had the need, I'd give him my business.