Coffee ride to Medford

The cost justification for the road bike was based on getting the rental cost to less than $1 per mile. So today I took another ride with one of my hostel mates to Meford for a Starbucks coffee stop. We rode the Bear Creek Greenway which was much busier today with lots of families out enjoying the sunshine and gentle breeze.

Victor, on the Greenway ride.

Much less wind today which made the ride more pleasant and I think my legs felt better. Now the challenge will be to keep up the miles. Which will be difficult since I have another five days at UBI. Tomorrow is brakes of all kinds- caliper, V-brakes (linear pull), cantilever, and both hydraulic and mechanical disk systems. Anticipating what we have done thus far with all the other components, I know I will be spending lots of time at the bench adjusting all kinds of brakes. Applied learning is good.

The "guys" out to dinner at Caldera. Good burgers and recovery drinks.

We cooked a communal breakfast at the hostel today and went out to dinner tonite as a group with a couple of the other guys staying elsewhere in town. After the day's ride, the recovery drinks were good! And our California colleagues who went home for the weekend are both back so we are back at full complement at the Cycle Hostel and getting ready for the week.