So far 2021 isn't much better than the end of 2020 but we knew that would be the case. It has been mostly cold and cloudy for the past two weeks. I did lead a road ride last week. It was in the high 40s but there was a strong west wind so we headed from Cranbury over to the canal and back. The wind was a little tough in spots but it felt good coming back into with a tailwind Cranbury.
This Saturday with temperatures in the 30-35 range I decided to skip the road and ride the mountain bike. I was hoping it would have been a few degrees warmer as I wanted to do a ride out of Yardley with the Philly bike club but not at 35 degrees with a strong north wind.
Instead I took the mountain bike from Washington Crossing down the Trenton and back on the canal path. I didn't get any body to join me but I did meet Jack just after I started heading down the PA side. We spent a few minutes catching up before I headed back down the trail and he headed towards Lambertville.
At Yardley I left the trail and headed to the parking lot where the Philly bike club was starting their ride. I figured I would stop and say hi to Linda. I spent about 10 mins talking to Linda and a few others. It was nice to talked to some bikers who I don't normally see. Linda had a pretty big group for such a cold and hilly ride. There was even a guy there on a recumbent with electric assist. I'm sure it was an interesting ride but I'm glad I decided to stick to the canal path.
Although it was around freezing it was sunny so once I got going I was warm enough. There were a few people on the path near Yardley but it thinned out as I got to Trenton. Once I started heading north from Trenton there weren't a lot of people just a bunch of ducks and a deer that actually swam across the canal.
I know there are another couple of months of winter but I hope there will be a few warmer days ahead.
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