Christmas Day-anybody get out?

[Steve in SLO]

Not to rub it in to my brethren in the east, but here in San Luis Obispo it was
a beautiful 79° today. Although I love days like this, I do not like what it
portends as far as our water supply. I got out after the kids tore through
Christmas, and got in about an hour and half ride. From my house I rode through
dormant vineyards and citrus orchards on the way to Lopez Lake. Numerous boaters
were out, as were motorcyclists in sleeveless shirts and shorts. I came back in
against the usual 10-15 knot headwind. All in all a beautiful day, although we
do need rain.

[Cat3roadracer]

Looks beautiful there, cold as hell in Upstate NY. I got out for a four mile run before church, which was good. Hoping to cycle this weekend.

[Llewellyn]

Yep, did just under 40km, out at 0530 and back by 0700 before my wife or the cat had even woken up. The temp was just right and no wind until the Easterly kicked in about half way through.

Best thing of all was that there was hardly a car on the roads :banana::banana:

[thegunner]

did a frozen-toed 60 km ride today - realized I am not prepared for hills of any sort, but it was fun :)

[pinoymamba]

5 hours today went up angeles hwy. it was quite warm. I remember this time last year it was around 50f. Today was 72f. I'm glad I come down from the Bay Area for the holidays.

[tmf]

I did a cold one hour ride. It was 26F with a wind chill of about 14. My hands were warm thanks to my new Castelli Estremo gloves!

[Fixed]

I got out today went for a great ride had the roads pretty much to myself
Beautiful day
Cheers
I did miss not seeing my son today though first time in 21 years

[Steve in SLO]

5 hours today went up angeles hwy. it was quite warm. I remember this time last year it was around 50f. Today was 72f. I'm glad I come down from the Bay Area for the holidays.

I love Angeles Crest HWY. How far did you go? Was the motorcycle/sports car traffic light?

[bargainguy]

33 mi. in Sac, temp mid-60's. Even the missus joined me today!

[pinoymamba]

I love Angeles Crest HWY. How far did you go? Was the motorcycle/sports car traffic light?

just to fork/ranger station up top. only a lambo, Porsche, and a bunch of motorbikes. I was so tired from yesterday's ride http://connect.garmin.com/activity/419274719

I want to try an loop this going up big t and down 2 before I head back to the bay. I also want to explore around the pch area. I might have to suck it up and drive to the base.

[spiderman]

25 miles on the firefly with friends and family
And Truman with a couple pals...I took this
Sitting on the dog bed in the evoque
After Tru and I finished up a stone park loop
Waiting to hear where the cross country runners
Ended up so we could give them a lift in the car!
www.cyclingthelakes.blogspot.com

[christian]

I did 90 minutes of single track in the LA area. Pics ATH.

[Seramount]

did 30 miles today.

central TX weather was ok, 53F, no wind, a few minutes of drizzle.

even tho traffic was almost non-existent, still managed to almost get right-hooked by some numbnuts with a 'coexist' bumper sticker...

[Jack Brunk]

into and away from the Santa Ana winds. Worked my you know what off into, skated on the way back. Nano Black is really sweet. A good day. 7 years since a new pair of shoes. New Sidi's are really stiff.

[xjoex]

I got out for a couple of hours in the snow.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8CFmeCQ5ueE/UruyqBJgJYI/AAAAAAAAPKg/1f2CPhPYTbA/s720/PC250268.jpg
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RechECY7hr8/UruyqCtPFYI/AAAAAAAAPKw/lXPN0j2iiak/s912/PC250289.jpg


-Joe

[velotel]

Definitely got out, nothing special, just my plateau ride. Yesterday made the 5th or 6th day in a row of riding. Can't complain about that. But not today, snowed during the night, still falling.

Those hills in California look amazingly dry. Scary dry in fact.

[sevencyclist]

Christmas Day riding to my place of worship!

[jpw]

i did a 35 mile loop. it was so quiet on the road, and for first time i can remember i clicked in off my front path and clicked out again on my front path - my new neon yellow over socks didn't touch the road once. it won't last.

[oldpotatoe]

into and away from the Santa Ana winds. Worked my you know what off into, skated on the way back. Nano Black is really sweet. A good day. 7 years since a new pair of shoes. New Sidi's are really stiff.

No socks? What are ya a triathete?

[Gummee]

I guess I'm just an 'a-hole magnet' cause I sure as shootin found 2 of em on my 1hr ride yesterday. (I was *maybe* passed by a dozen cars in that hour.)

First was a douche in a Mini that barely had time to clear oncoming traffic before diving back into the lane.

The second was a Chevy 4x4 that passed the same car not 2sec later, forcing it to brake in order to not get hit head-on.

...all to get to a stop sign not 1/4mi up the road!

I guess if you're baseline personality is 'a-hole' you're not going to make a distinction for Crimmus.

M

[Jack Brunk]

No socks? What are ya a triathete?

No Tri for me OP. Socks are cut low. Hate anything above my ankle bone.

[54ny77]

Steve them's some great photos, thanks for sharing.

And my favorite part of the U.S.

Not to rub it in to my brethren in the east, but here in San Luis Obispo it was
a beautiful 79° today. Although I love days like this, I do not like what it
portends as far as our water supply. I got out after the kids tore through
Christmas, and got in about an hour and half ride. From my house I rode through
dormant vineyards and citrus orchards on the way to Lopez Lake. Numerous boaters
were out, as were motorcyclists in sleeveless shirts and shorts. I came back in
against the usual 10-15 knot headwind. All in all a beautiful day, although we
do need rain.

[terry]

can't break tradition-only missed one Xmas in 39 yrs. did an hour even tho it was 18 degrees.

[thwart]

Did a triathlon of sorts…

Rollers for 45 min, shovel snow for 30 min, then back on the rollers for another 30. Sorry, no pics.

BTW, e-motions rock.

[Roger M]

Nothing close to dry and warm as the OP, but I got out for a dusk ride on Christmas Eve. About 40 degrees, dampish, with clear sky.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/IMG_20131224_160453_619.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/IMG_20131224_160702_991.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/IMG_20131224_164147_462.jpg

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/IMG_20131224_155447_583.jpg

The photo above^ is Mt Pilchuck. My kids and I hiked up there in October, and the picture below was taken from the top that day.

http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff169/72tunaboat/winter2012amp13photos3266.jpg

[ptourkin]

80 on Coronado. Rough day

[Bob Ross]

It was a sunny ~20°F with a wind-chill/"Real Feel" of 13° yesterday. So naturally, I went out on a Club ride! Only three racer friends showed up, and for a while there it was touch-n-go (like, "this is stupid, I can't feel my face and we've only gone 200 yards!") but we managed to put in 35 miles. Towards the end we were even all commenting on how "surprisingly" fun the ride was.

[Admiral Ackbar]

only managed ~35k between breakfast with my mother and dinner festivities with them fam, but it was nice to get out

[sjbraun]

but this happened...

[thegunner]

jeez! what'd you drop?

[sjbraun]

Just a stupid accident. I got tangled in a blanket as I was attempting to get up from the couch and boom, I went down hard.