Morning Ride 05-30-09

This morning I went on my first ride since I sold the Trucker. Earlier in the week I was trying to figure out how I was going to take my Nikon SLR camera along on my ride. I was going to ride my son's old Trek which is equipped with a rear rack and a trunk bag only. The camera just doesn't fit in my trunk bag with my cable lock and emergency supplies. The trunk bag is a cheap item that I bought from Bike Nashbar several years ago. I have to keep a square plastic Tupperware container in the bag so that it will maintain it's shape. There's much less room in the bag than you would think by looking at it. Luckily I've sold a few shirts during the week which gave me a little spare money. I drove over to City Cyclist and bought a Wald front basket which will alow me to carry my camera and few other items.

The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial (it's a pro golf tournament) was in full swing today. I'm not a golf fan but I figured It would be interesting to roll by and see what was going on. I heard a radio interview with an official at the Colonial golf club who said that the majority of the top 100 pro golfers in the world would be playing. Other than Tiger Woods or Chi Chi Rodriguez I wouldn't recognize any of them if I saw them.

This is Chi Chi.

Here's the new Wald basket. I had mounted it horizontal to the ground but as I rode the handlebar mounts shifted downward leaving the basket slanted up toward the front.

I stopped off to replace the batteries in my crappy little point and shoot camera. I carry it in the top tube bag. It burns through batteries like crazy.

I ended up following these riders for a while.

On the trail and still following.

When I pulled up to the Colonial there were lots of people watching the action from outside of the fence.

Bike parking courtesy of Bicycles Inc.  

I found an opening in the bushes where I could see what was happening.

Traffic was very heavy on Colonial Parkway. As I rode away from the golf course I noticed that most neighborhood residents were charging people $20-$50 to park on their lawns. This made riding tricky as you had to watch people for people pulling out of the yards in front of you.  

Water slide for the kids.

Headed for home.