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Wednesday Mar 18, 2020 #
Gravel/Mixed Terrain Ride 4:00:00 [3] 55.66 km (4:19 / km)
Took advantage of the nice weather ahead of tomorrow's rain, and played hooky from work. I modified the 30+ mi road ride from earlier in the week, kept all the paved hill climbs, and then detoured onto as much dirt and singletrack as I could. Almost all of this was new riding to me, and the typical dirt session went:
first 75% - this is awesome!
next 15% - this trail really isn't suited for a rigid bike, but we're getting through it!
final 10% - this is unrideable, even on my trail bike.
Sometimes that final 10% was deep mud, sometimes it was 10 bridges in the span of 100 yards, sometimes it was a jumble of boulders at the bottom of a hill.
In any case, this was one of the best adventure rides I've done, and with a few tweaks or some more exploring of alternate trails, should make for an excellent AR training circuit.
first 75% - this is awesome!
next 15% - this trail really isn't suited for a rigid bike, but we're getting through it!
final 10% - this is unrideable, even on my trail bike.
Sometimes that final 10% was deep mud, sometimes it was 10 bridges in the span of 100 yards, sometimes it was a jumble of boulders at the bottom of a hill.
In any case, this was one of the best adventure rides I've done, and with a few tweaks or some more exploring of alternate trails, should make for an excellent AR training circuit.