Cycle Ti Thunder

My October 21st evening commute started as a slow relaxing ride b home. I was enjoying the evening sunlight listening to music on my Bluetooth speaker.  I stopped at the intersection of 8 Mile Road and Leary Road to test my skills at bike photography. I got my bike positioned. A guy in a truck stopped to make sure I did not need a ride. Every time I stop at this intersection, Peoria Station, I meet the nicest motorist. So I took the picture. Just as I was putting my phone away two cyclist on the PCP Race Team rounded the corner yelling my name. I knew it was the Tuesday night fast rider group. There may be others close behind. I pondered if I wanted to pick up my 14 MPH pace. As I got on my bike Chip Battle came round the corner. I started to ride. Soon I was in a 5 (including me) person pace line at 18-21 MPH. I lasted to about 1 mile from Gillonville Road. I pulled for a short stretch. I was not tired, I just was not use to the pace. At Gillonville we regrouped and I sta...

I woke up at 4 AM today to finish working on a web project.  I drove my truck to work.  When I got home I was excited to go out for a nice relaxing ride.  I was riding up Eight Mile road and I just could not pass up the reflection of the oak tree in the cattle pond. It was a good 70-68 degree ride.

Pretoria, Georgia I usually stop here at the intersection of 8 Mile Road and Leary Road to do equipment changes.  Tonight I was riding hard and started to sweat even though it was not really warm.  When I sweat and it starts to get cold I always want to put on a jacket so that I do not get really cold as the air temperature drops and I am wet. This intersection is  Pretoria, Georgia  which at one point in time had a purpose besides being a place for me to get off the highway to take a break from cycling.

This morning when I checked the The Weather Channel web site I was surprised to see that at 6 AM it was 67 degrees.  I almost did not believe it was that warm outside, but I dressed for my commute without all of the layers and long cycling pants that I have been living in for the past few weeks.  I did take my arm warmers and my trusty Burley rain coat just in case. I started out from my drive way to an almost unbearable warm humid morning.  I was glad that it was warm and I started to ride down dark damp streets.  I knew it was going to be windy as the forecast showed 15 MPH winds.  The radar showed that rain was well past Albany so I was happy to ride in the warm dark morning.  I would soon discover that this assumption was wrong. Weather radar  history after I got to work When I turned onto Eight Mile Road it started to sprinkle.  This light rain felt good as I was getting a little warm with my arm warmers.  I decided to roll them ...

Good evening star shine, and the moon said hallow. Yep it was a cold ride home, but I still was so awe struck by the moon that I had to stop and take a few pictures.  Here are the pictures that I took overlooking the cattle pond on Graham Angus Farm on 8 Mile Road.  I am in a hurry to get to bed.  I will delete the ones that I do not like later.