Before Monday`s Solo ride, during it, and after taking nearly 5 hours to do what should be a 3 and a half hours loop. Practically no traffic to put up with made the dirt road a sort of super wide single track for spastic old geezers. A number of layers of clothing made lots of sense with sweating a sure thing on the way up and a real temp drop just as certain when you start to come back down. A back pack with some goodies just in case like knives,saws,mess kit,tools,tube,pump,tarp,etc. - On the front bars one of the main items which only adds a pound or two - well used water filter and extra bottle. The ear flap lined helmet was priceless - with a cap thrown on for the decent a wet sweaty head was kept warm and snug. Fat tires may not have come in under 190 grams each - I`ll have to check with somebody to see. 34 x 18 gears worked ok but some spots were a little steep for that with tacky surface and old man heart - lots of control was there though for coming back down at a poke along pace. A great day with lots of singing and gasping for air with happy legs and a valuable memory or two. When your memories start to get fuzzy and you don`t know what day it is or where you parked etc. a new bike ride fix is called for at least once a week.
Up Roseboro Road to Blue Ridge Parkway and back down on Edgemont Road. Not a record pace but fast enough to be "very good training"and make the heart happy.
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