Welcome to fall!
It’s September 22nd and autumn has begun.
I’ve been waxing poetic here on the blog about autumn bike rides for years now but this year I feel like I’m finally getting into the swing of things.
There are two problems with fall riding. The first is the early dark. Mostly that’s a weekday problem but just a few weeks ago Sarah and I had to sprint back to the car after my birthday bike ride. The second is how busy the fall is for anyone who works at a university.
The answer? Little bike rides
This weekend Sarah and I rode 15 km with our friend Rob just north of London, and then on Sunday we rode another 25 km west of Guelph.
I have to get over the idea that it’s not worth changing into bike clothes and getting out my road bike for anything less than 50 km.
The colours were lovely. It’s still warm outside. And we had fun flying down the road, racing to stop signs, and swooping up and down rolling hills. One road in Guelph was both newly resurfaced (” refurbished” said the sign) and closed to all but local traffic. Zoom! Zoom!
Soon it will be dark and cold and wet and we’ll be Zwifting the nights away, but for now we’re going to keep riding outside, even if they’re just little bike rides.
Past posts about fall riding:
🍂 I want to go fall riding
🍂 Fall noodling in the countryside
🍂 Looking ahead: The quiet season and the joys of fall riding
🍂 Reasons to start riding in the fall
🍂 There’s a certain chill to the air that makes my thoughts turn to autumn road bike rides, hot tubs, and back to school
🍂 Argh dark, but also wow fall rides: Themes from Sam’s past autumn posts