The biking weather seems to be hit-and-miss lately. A week ago, the Arlington 500 in Barrington was a cold cloudy 44 degrees. Did the ride with a group of the Wheeling Wheelmen but it was decided that with the weather conditions an easy 40 miler would be nice. Then, for the Wednesday night Wheeling Wheelmen ride the temps were back up to around 85. It was an interesting ride because we ran in a movie shooting in Barrington Hills which closed down the road so we had to reverse the route.
For Memorial day weekend, I did the Triple Deerpass with the Wheeling Wheelmen out in Union, IL. The starting temperature for the start of that ride was 54 and cloudy, and there were only 4 riders. We were going to do the full 66 miles, but it looked like it was going to rain so we cut the ride short for just over 45 miles. As soon as we got into Union it started to rain. Sunday, I had time for a quick 35 mile ride in Hoffman Estates. The weather was great; sunny and 64 degrees. Just did the normal Wheeling Wheelmen Wednesday night route as a training ride, but another rider passed me on Penny Road after I had passed him but had to stop for traffic so I just cranked the speed up to the 24 MPH range for 3 miles and he became a dot behind me.
This week's weather is looking good. The warming the better. The Udder Century is this Sunday and I'm thinking about doing the 100 miler if the weather is good. I just have to remember RAGBRAI 2007 will be here shortly and the goal of doing a 100 miles a day for 6 days.
