Today I biked ~50 mi from the beach to Humbug Mountain. The ride was flat & and scenic with the wind at my back for the first time! I'm guessing the wind changed directions with the storm and this will be a very short-lived sensation.My knee feels great. The rest in Arcata (plus the tail wind..) make me feel like a strong super-cyclist of sorts. Somehow, my wrist has healed on the road and is no longer threatening my rides. I think the extra weight (= inertia) on my bicycle dampen the wrist-irritating vibrations that were slowing down the healing before.
At camp I met a group of 7 south-bound cyclists. They were all whining about their one day of headwinds. Ugh. They told me stories about other days when the strong North winds would "push them up" the steeper hills.
In the group of 7 were Alex and Tofer -- two fixie riding kids from Phoenix, AZ who pack all of their stuff in one of those kid trailers. To make it fair, the kid trailer is attached to the nicer of their bikes and they switch who hauls it each day. In true single-speed style, their bikes lack such luxuries as rear brakes, front deraileurs (they manually switch before the big hills), and handlebar tape! See their photo below.
I think they were out to prove that just about anyone can bike the coast with any sort of bicycle. Sort of inspiring, in a way.
Alex, Tofer, and their sweet rides
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