Tuesday's weather was just about perfect road riding weather so it was time to dust off the skinny tire and pedal some asphalt. In the grand scheme of things it was a stellar day riding as the weather was in the wheelhouse and nothing was thrown at me and there was no buzz by drive by's so all in all a big thumbs up!
I did a quick loop where I started from home then headed up the steeps up to Walkerville and looped back into the access road towards Rocker and beyond. That hill up to Walkerville is short and punchy! You gain a little over 500ft of elevation in about 1.2 miles. Fortunately it does not last long so you can comfort yourself with the thought that soon enough it will level off.
When on the flats, it felt like a super easy day on the road and it was relatively easy to maintain a 25 mph speed....well, until I turned around and noticed the reason it was such an easy pedal was because of the tailwind that had been accompanying me. Now it was time to pay the price and pedal into the wind on the way back.
It was definitely windy on the way back but it felt great to be out and the legs felt decent all things considered.
Ride summary:
I did a quick loop where I started from home then headed up the steeps up to Walkerville and looped back into the access road towards Rocker and beyond. That hill up to Walkerville is short and punchy! You gain a little over 500ft of elevation in about 1.2 miles. Fortunately it does not last long so you can comfort yourself with the thought that soon enough it will level off.
When on the flats, it felt like a super easy day on the road and it was relatively easy to maintain a 25 mph speed....well, until I turned around and noticed the reason it was such an easy pedal was because of the tailwind that had been accompanying me. Now it was time to pay the price and pedal into the wind on the way back.
It was definitely windy on the way back but it felt great to be out and the legs felt decent all things considered.
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