First colder weather ride

'Tis finally that time of year, when cyclists really start to think about riding rollers or trainers indoors, or doing some other sport.

The leaves have mostly fallen from the trees lightening the horizon and with enough of the right clothing it's doable.

Today was a sunless affair, and just a light breeze, but as Lennydasquid said, "it's the type of damp cold that goes right through you."

Tested the new Arsuxeo fleece riding jacket (what kind of a name is that—genius marketing there :} for the English speaking market -- but fortunately the product seems to be an overwhelmingly good value for money).

High visibility for sure, spacious side-access back pockets, very convenient camera pocket on the chest, bit of a stiff zipper, and I would not trust the side-zipper pocket tags to hold up well over time, they felt cheap, but for $27 it's a steal of a deal compared with a lot of high end cycling gear.

I would lube these zippers soon to help preserve them. I think some skateboard bearing lube might be the ticket. We'll see.

P.S. Love the road in back of Leeds Pond and Gristmill/Papermill roads leading into it. Worth the detour off the ever fabulous "Reverse Cowgirl Stonytown Rd" segment.

Demolition-Total Body Workout

Completely and utterly shagged out after this.

Ripping up the porch floor and underlayment with crowbar, sawzall, skilsaw and bare hands.

Marathon Sunday Ride

Tideway ... view from the cockpit. Yep, that right hand
shifter is set a bit low on the bar. Gotta do some wrench
work, or rather tweak age with the allen key.

We often get decently warm weather for NYC Marathon Sunday, and although it was overcast for most of the day, this Sunday was no exception.

Today also had the distinction of also being the day we put the clocks "back," so it just seemed like there were fewer hours to get things done. A bike ride was on the mandatory list. Porch demolition work was also a top priority.

Although it might have been too warm for the NYC road running race, it was definitely a perfect day for a bike ride. Despite a fresh headwind breeze filling in from the west-northwest

L.I. Sound in the distance -- the
view before descending Tideway to Sterling.

Feeling under the weather, the objective was to have fun, get exercise and get some good climbing miles in before working on porch deck flooring and get it all done before the sun set.

One day I'll take the DSLR out on the ride, to capture the blueness of the sound in the distance — for now, you'll just have to imagine it's seductive appearance between the gap in the trees int he photo below.

Nice to bag a PR on the Lighthouse turn. The descent leading into a short sprintable climb makes top -tier segment rankings possible even for a clyde like myself, with asthma and a bunch of other ailments.   More galvanizing, though, is the battle against the asthma, other ailments and the elements. Oh yeah, and getting old — bollocks to that -- look at the age of a lot of us cyclists it's an inspiring thing, for sure.