Headquarters for the Slender Fungus Cycling Association

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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Back on Track. And glad to be there.

So on March 23,2014 I had my little mishap where I just completely messed up my left ankle. It has been a long of recovery and the people that helped out know who you are. I have been going on shorter rides of 20-30-40 miles and things have been improving. Today was the day to give that old ankle a good test. I rode over to L.Perfecto's house and arrived there a bit before 7 a.m. We headed south and then west hitting the IM canal, the centennial then the Im canal trail all the way to minooka,Il. We stopped at a Pizza place and enjoyed a reasonably priced buffet. We filled our bellies and headed for the return. I was on my steamroller fixed gear bike turning a 42x15. That gave me a cruising speed of around 16mph. L. Perfecto was on her Trek 520 fixed on a 42x16. Jakey La Cruz was aboard his Salsa Casserol. The weather was hot and we went through a lot of water. We encountered a large Fox snake close to 4 feet in length. I also found a really good knife on the road. All in all I was able to get in a 100 mile day on the fixed gear. We were tired but happy to have been out on a long one again. It felt really good to pedal for that long. I hope full recovery will come soon. 
Thanks for reading, 
Ari 
fox snake we helped off the road. 


A very confusing connection between the two trails. 

A good day to hide in shaded trais. I+M canal towards Chanahon. 

Pizza to go. Anything to prevent the dreaded Bonk. 

Great Place to refuel in Minooka, IL. 

L.P. with found knife in hand. 

the I+M canal was very green today. 









8 comments:

Jay said...

Rock Solid, keep turning those pedals my man!

Ari said...

Yeah, thanks,thanks to my crew for getting me back on track. Jay, we miss the hell out of you.
Ari

jkruse said...

Great ride yesterday. Agatha's first fixed century a week into riding a fixed gear bike!! So hot, I was really feeling like a slug at some points. Thanks as always for getting these kinds of rides together.

Ari said...

I felt bad as I thought we would ride around 60 miles and it ended up being 100. I was really happy to be out there and forget about my ankle for a while. Maybe next time we can make it further out. Great riding with you.
Ari

Ari said...

I felt bad as I thought we would ride around 60 miles and it ended up being 100. I was really happy to be out there and forget about my ankle for a while. Maybe next time we can make it further out. Great riding with you.
Ari

Dr. Giggles said...

Great job, SFCA! Keep on truckin'!

Mac said...

Nice ride! Last time I made it past Lockport was two years ago.

Inspired by some of your mega commutes, I decided to commute from Oak Park to I88 and Route 59 last Thursday. I think I might do it again tomorrow... Making sure to avoid Warrenville Road eastbound at 5pm.

Mac said...

Nice ride! Last time I made it past Lockport was two years ago.

Inspired by some of your mega commutes, I decided to commute from Oak Park to I88 and Route 59 last Thursday. I think I might do it again tomorrow... Making sure to avoid Warrenville Road eastbound at 5pm.