Great ride
Got to get out and enjoy the nice, mid 50's temps we had last night. Thursday's, 6pm has been designated the mysinglespeed.com group ride night. A bunch of us, and some gearies like Alden and The Jode met up and hit the trails.
I quickly remembered why I don't like no drop group rides. It's tough, b/c we need rides like that to get people who've never mt biked before into the sport, and feeling good about it. But, while I'm certainly no training machine, I really felt like I couldn't keep stopping like that.
So, Alden and I ended up hammering out the first lap after the 2mile hill climb. Again, like Yankee, I was feeling great in the corners, and even over the rough stuff. I never imagined I'd have so much fun on a rigid single speed. It really is like getting back to your roots, (:shudder: I hate roots... :D) and it's about feeling like a kid again.
While not O-ffical, I turned in a time roughly under 50 minutes lot to lot, which is close to my best from last year on a front suspended geared bike.. Feelin' pretty good about that. This is especially good b/c I ate like crap yesterday during work, and wasn't hydrated. So I know I can do better!
This weekend it's off to Chicago to shoot a wedding, then on the return trip it's Yankee Pre-Ride II.
Get out and ride!
soup
I quickly remembered why I don't like no drop group rides. It's tough, b/c we need rides like that to get people who've never mt biked before into the sport, and feeling good about it. But, while I'm certainly no training machine, I really felt like I couldn't keep stopping like that.
So, Alden and I ended up hammering out the first lap after the 2mile hill climb. Again, like Yankee, I was feeling great in the corners, and even over the rough stuff. I never imagined I'd have so much fun on a rigid single speed. It really is like getting back to your roots, (:shudder: I hate roots... :D) and it's about feeling like a kid again.
While not O-ffical, I turned in a time roughly under 50 minutes lot to lot, which is close to my best from last year on a front suspended geared bike.. Feelin' pretty good about that. This is especially good b/c I ate like crap yesterday during work, and wasn't hydrated. So I know I can do better!
This weekend it's off to Chicago to shoot a wedding, then on the return trip it's Yankee Pre-Ride II.
Get out and ride!
soup
3 Comments:
Thanks for coming out! Great to the local SS'rs reperesenting.
Duke
Hey Soup, is that "under 50 minutes" on a single speed at PLRA? I rode there last week and some of those hills about killed me. Not sure what me time was.
Burglar11 (MMBA member)
Yep. Rigid Single speed at PLRA. I've already bested my best time from last year. I never woulda thought it possible..
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