The Weekly Saturday Ride

The day started off pretty good. Double D showed up at the house around 6:15 am. We then unloaded his new Schwinn out of the rear of the "Rondizovous". We then set out to meet Chris at the credit union.

Chris showed up and we set off. Today we were going to take a ride to Slugger Field in order to determine just how long it would take to get there, since we are planning on riding to a 5k that starts and ends there later this month. The ride to Slugger Field was pretty uneventful. It took us about 35 minutes to get there. We had to cross the Ohio River via the Second Street bridge, which has bike share lanes. All went well. After reaching our destination we just kind of winged it. We headed to the Cherokee triangle area. It is a nice area to do some peddling. We then decided we would head back across the river.

Once back in our home state we decided to ride along the river towards Utica, which is a small town along the river. Along the way Chris showed us the house that he grew up in, which was kind of cool since it was right on the water.

After leaving Chris's homestead we continued our way towards Utica. This is where things got interesting. As we were riding Double D had sped up. Upon doing this his foot came off of the pedal and he began to lean. As all of this was happening a truck was passing us. Double D's front tire hit my back tire, and all I can say is Mountain Bike 1, Rode Bike 0. Double D went down! Chris was behind Double D and saw the whole thing happen. I see the guy in the truck hit his brakes and start to back up. He gets to me and it completely freaked out thinking that he had caused Double D to go down. I told him that it was not his fault, but he still seemed shook up as he drove away. Double D scraped his knee, his elbow, and his hand. But like a trooper he got back on the bike. He had to get back right back off and put his chain back on, but after that we were on our way. The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful.

Chris had the oportunity to borrow a very nice Trek mountian bike from his brother in law. That thing is sweet. I was able to take it for a quick spin while we were stopped for Double D to plant a fence post. Trek bikes will make you hate any bike that you have been on before.

All in all we traveled approximatley 27 miles. Not bad for our second ride. Here is a map of the ride.


Anyway, that was todays adventure. We plan on making this a regular ride, so you never know what will happen.

Yeti out!