Ride Boulder Co

We’ve been gone for awhile

Posted on 21. Jan, 2010 by Jennifer in Uncategorized

I’m not sure what happened but when the snow fell, we fell silent. I wouldn’t call us fair-weathered riders but as actions speak louder than words, what can I say. It was staggeringly cold here in Boulder, Colorado for what has seemed like months. And not just another I’ll wear another layer and be fine cold, it has been bone-shattering, teeth-clattering, I’m wearing everything clothing cold. The roads have been sheathed in ice and for awhile I thought this is what it must be like living in Minnesota.

But last night, we did it. We got back on the bikes and headed downtown for nachos and beer and at one of our fave places – mountain sun. The ride wasn’t bad but I did not hold to my cold-weather maxim of riding up with what you know will keep you warm for the ride home. Instead I wore what was marginally warm on a Spring day and was staggeringly cold on the way home, so cold I really thought I wouldn’t be able to press hard enough through my mittens to apply the brakes. Not even the Anapurna Amber provided enough internal heating to get me home.

But the on the whole, it was a good ride and you forget how easy and fun it is to ride down to Pearl St. in Boulder.