BAFS NOVA-CBG Hains Point Plus Venge Test Ride and Charles Drew House

Bright and sunny but windy day. Still had knee pain today in the left medial area but right knee was great after last night's rolling and icing down. Rode down to Hains Point and got blown around by the nasty northerly wind on the ride back up from the point. Decided to reverse course and go back down towards Shirlington but gave up on doing an Arlington Triangle with the group since some had to leave and others weren't keen on the wind. I also wasn't happy with how my knee was feeling so I set off slowly to try to get my mileage and stretch it out. Rode up to FreshBikes and finally decided to test ride an S-Works Venge. Big mistake. I fell in love with it and now must have it at all costs. Perhaps it will be my 50th birthday present to myself. I'm already figuring out how much it will cost after I spec out my dream build. And it is so fast and nimble. Oy! And since I still needed some more miles to get my 100 miles for the week, I tooled around on the way home and decided to do a Facebook "check-in" at the Charles Drew house since I thought Catie would get a kick out of that. Must be fun living in a house that's an "official" check-in location since it's an historic landmark. Plus I got to spend some time with Catie and Wayne and catch up. DST is good for one thing: I had plenty of daylight to get back home. Did some neighborhood laps to get to 30 miles and called it a day. Pretty good ending to the day.

BAFS NOVA-CBG Hains Point Plus Venge Test Ride and Charles Drew House by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

BAFS NOVA-CBG Krazies vs. Divas BBQ Run

Had a nice sunny day and the trails were in reasonably good shape on the way out to BBQ. Our ride caught up with Dino's ride at Carolina Brothers and we had a nice lunch of BBQ deliciousness. Return trip was even a bit better (if not for the bloating from all that food) as more of the snow/slush/ice had melted off. It's starting to feel like spring, kinda, maybe. Well, I can at least hope.

BAFS NOVA-CBG Krazies vs. Divas BBQ Run by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

BAFS Rule #9: Bad Ass!

Fun but slippery. Most streets not plowed. Made for some interesting riding. Booyah!

BAFS Rule #9: Bad Ass! by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

BAFS NOVA-CBG Freezing Saddles Supports #WeBikeToDC

Had a little bit of everything in today's ride: sunny and warm, cloudy and comfortable, rainy and cold. My small band of adventurers set out for Greenbelt to ride into DC with #WeBikeToDC, a group of women bike ambassadors here for the National Bike Summit. Teresa came out with us until we reached Mt Rainier then set off back to VA. Demetris and I rode out towards the Silver Diner in Greenbelt and got close when we found the pack enroute to the Capitol as we were going by Lake Artemesia. We got to ride all the way in with them and met up with Andrea and Lesly plus a whole bunch of other riders. Also got to met Demetris' lovely wife, LaTasha, who happened to be in town to do some walking around Hains Point. And I was happy to lead the out-of-towners to the GW Inn, which is back in my old stomping grounds at GW. And I was able to drop Demetris on the way back to Shirlington since he rode his big, heavy Stumpjumper today. It's a cheap win but I'll take it and revel in it! After a short coffee break at Best Buns, I set off for the ride home and several "sleaze loops" in the neighborhood to get my 50.5 miles for the day and my 100 miles for the week. Good sloppy day!

BAFS NOVA-CBG Freezing Saddles Supports #WeBikeToDC by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details

BAFS NOVA-CBG Freezing Saddles Goes to Visit Trish

Had a lovely little ride out to Mt Rainier, Hyattsville, Cottage City, and Brentwood as Team 3 went to visit our injured teammate, Trish. Ate lunch at a great little Indian restaurant in Hyattsville: Spice 6. Really enjoyed it. And got to see some old and some new trails in PG County and traverse the Metropolitan Branch Trail again. Was a little chilly at the start and when the sun hid behind the clouds but overall, was a really nice day. Now let's see what tomorrow brings.

BAFS NOVA-CBG Freezing Saddles Goes to Visit Trish by kwarkentien at Garmin Connect - Details