Monday coffee and weather, 7 September

[ibike2havefun]

Good morning everyone

The potful of Cubano roast is ready and waiting for you...

It's 58°F and clear in Rockville on this Labor Day holiday (in the U.S.; elsewhere in the world it's just another Monday) as the sky begins to brighten ahead of the rising of the sun. Sunny with a high of 82 is expected, and as the air warms the relative humidity will decrease from the current 93 percent to a very comfortable 42 percent around 1700 hours.

I'll take my visually impaired friend to our favorite bike shop today. The pretext is that the shop owner, a longtime friend of ours, has recently been diagnosed with bladder cancer so we're going in order to show our support. The real reason, however, appears to be that by blind friend thinks he wants to get a tandem of unusual design: the stoker actually rides in front on a recumbent configuration, with the captain riding behind on a traditional upright / diamond frame setup.



Naturally, the blind friend would be riding in the front seat, and he's looking for captains to ride with him. He hasn't asked directly, but I'm sure he's thinking / hoping that I'll raise my hand for periodic duty but I'm not at all certain I want to sign up for that so I'm keeping mum on the subject for now.

Before we go I've got some housework to attend to, and some uke to practice. My rate of progress has diminished in direct ratio to the amount of time I spend not practicing. No surprise there, of course.

Stay safe and well everyone and tell your dear ones you love them. Do it today, NOW, for tomorrow may be too late.

 

[steve3b3]

Good morning and thanks for the cubano coffee, Keith.

It's sunny and 53 in MA this morning, and it'll remain sunny all day as the temperature rises to 76.

We didn't do anything worth mentioning , yesterday, except dinner at our local Chinese place.
I seem to be in a rut.

Today, I've got no real plans, again.
The gym is a possibility, as is a walk. it's also a nice day for another bike ride.

Enjoy your day,
Steve

 

[Obo]

Morning all, and thanks for the coffee, Keith.

There's a couple or recumbent riders around here. One even has a cocoon around the bike. That one sits fairly low to the ground, while the other seems to sit very high. Almost reminds me of the old two wheelers.



Weather here is an overcast 11, headed to 22. As it's a holiday here, and not raining, I'm told it may be a get-out-for-a-ride day. I'm ok with that.

Hope everyone has a great day and gets out for some fun.

Obo.

 

[jdmccright]

Gmornin' from RI! This "hotel" only gave us a single regular coffee pack to brew, so I must wait until we get to the goodbye breakfast to get my daily dose. If I could reach the Cubano I would, but thx Keith!

This labor day will be spent in the car driving back home, but carrying good memories and hope for my nephew and his new bride. A very elaborate and rich wedding event which I've never seen before and likely won't ever again. When you've seen a sushi bar where they carve the sashimi tuna right from the fish to your plate, or roll it into the sushi rolls, astounding. I would've been okay with pre-made, thx. But the wife and I cleaned up quite well to give the impression we belonged there. And the band was phenomenal!

Anyhow, hope everyone's day goes well, whether it be labor or not. Take care y'all!

 

[Chris09]

Thanks for the start and a couple of interesting cycles so far. Had to Google that one; if you do it also it seems to be along the lines of lying down or leaning back
Well that's my helpful tip of the day, all I've got
Had a good couple outings around the lower mainland last couple days still no VStar test run despite all threats.
Got caught up in following a couple different riders in a couple different direction on a couple different days a little longer and further out which took up a good part of the days
Days well spent to say the least got out to Mission and some good paths between and then Ladner and Deas Island the terminal overpass and a quick u turn, should have got a pic but stopped here and there and got a few
It's a different perspective from the bike looking around and toward places and routes I'm already mostly familiar with from working in the areas and good to follow guys that have
run down some of these frequently and know the best routes and times to go; good weather and very little traffic
Wish everyone a safe ride