Belgium Ride in Wisconsin

I had a great weekend of riding this past weekend considering the weather. Saturday I rode 85 miles and my route went like this. I started from my house in West Bend with one of my team mates and then we headed towards Cedarburg to get together with some more teammates. It was flurries to light snow which made the roads very wet. Besides the roads being wet they were actually perfect. No ice on the roads, but very dirty with lots of salt.

We met two other teammates in Cedarburg and we were going to meet up with another group that was going out at a later time, but they cancelled their ride. So, we rode down to Altera by Bradford Beach in Milwaukee.

This was a very wet ride with temperatures in the mid to upper 30's. Stopping at Altera was a great idea, coffee and snack break along with a little warming up inside. The place was surprisingly busy, but I don't think that place is every slow. This is a very nice bicycle friendly community, but we still managed to get a lot of looks as if we were completely nuts!

After our little break we headed back. My feet were completely soaked and my toes were swimming and they became miserably cold. I kept wiggling them to try to keep blood flow in them to get them to warm up, but to much water in my shoes. I couldn't wait to get home to warm my feet up.

When we made it to Cedarburg we dropped on guy off and the other one proceeded with us back to West Bend and then he had to turn around and ride back to Cedarburg (what an animal). All in all was a great ride with great people with crappy weather, but what are you going to do? Sick of riding inside on the rollers. Can't winter be over?

On Sunday some of my teammates planned a ride, and I was going to pass on this one and clean my bike from the previous outing. At the last minuted I decided what the heck. My wife was running and had plans, so I had her gracious to go ride, so I went riding again.

I rode to Cedarburg to meet up with some teammates and then we rode to West Bend to ride with one of our sponsors. I managed to get in 55 miles with some of the best hills in Washington County.

The weather today was a bit better than Saturday's, but still a bit cold but bare able. No snow, but misty with the low clouds we had. Warm enough not to have ice on the roads, but cold enough that the moisture from the mist on my helmet turned into ice. My toes were perfect because they stayed dry. Still great to get outside and ride.