First New Year Ride

The first ride of the year would be a long road bike ride. I would ride from my house to the Trek Bicycle Shop in SIP. There we would meet a group of guys and ride out to Tai Hu Lake. This ride would be 131 km with five complete hours of riding. There would be eight road riders.

We would ride all the way out the island on Tai Hu crossing the three bridges and then doing a short loop around part of the island. It would be very nice scenery and a very pleasant ride. We would average about 26 km/h with spurts up to 40 km/h.

We would eat lunch on the island before our return trip home. I have a few more food pictures of some new items that we consumed. The first is a nice and spicy fish, followed by the restaurant specialty. Their specialty was an eel or snake dish with pork. The eel was very good and supposedly good for men.

It was really a cold day with temperatures ranging from -2 C to 7 C. I would use full winter gear which includes two jerseys (one with an integrated hood), a wind resistant cycling jacket, glove liners, gloves, and shoe covers. It always feels cold, but the guys say that when we start riding at 30 km/h+ the cold goes away. I agree.