A little cool front came through last night and although it didn't make too much of a dent in the daytime temperatures around here, the drop in humidity was a very refreshing change. I rode out to the levee with flashing lights, front and rear, enjoying the little change in the weather. Of course, with change comes wind. It's been quite a while since we started the morning ride heading into a northwest wind, and it was a gentle reminder that summer is starting to wind down. It'll be months before we get anything you could call "cold" down here, but a little break in the relentless humidity is always welcome.
I was near the back of the paceline when the pack split today. A few guys on TT bikes rolled off the front fairly early and whoever was behind the break made no effort to stay with them. By the time I realized what had happened, the gap was too big for my taste. One or two in our group seemed to want the gap to widen, and they were consistently slowing the pace when they would get to the front. Even with the headwind, we could have handled 24-25 mph, but every time I'd get us up there and then pull off, the pace was back down to 22 by the time I hit the back. Oh well. When we got near the turnaround I turned early and got in with the first group for the ride back. It was much better! We eventually got rolling pretty good and my legs were hurting by the time we got back. Never saw the rest of the group, though.
So I got a new car key today. The Wife had to make an appointment with the dealer service department so they could program the computer to recognize the key code. All for the bargain price of $407, of which $176 was for "programming and software." Now that's just flat-out highway robbery.
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