I had some pretty fun rides the past few days. Yesterday was the windiest ride that I have ever done. Me and Eric rode up Poudre yesterday. On the way up, we reached speeds as low as 11 kph, and that was working hard. The wind was just ridiculous. He ended up turning around 2 miles before the top, so I made it my goal to climb to the top and get back Newsom before he could make it back. I was really close, apparently I got to the top of the stairs only a few moments after he did.
Today I climbed up Rist and then descended Poudre. Rist is always a good climb, it's a lot of fun, too. It took about an hour today, and I was in my second and third largest cogs most of the time. I saved the 26 tooth for the steeps at the top. Descending Rist I hit 76 kph, which was pretty fast. I also took some cattle grates at 70 kph which I definitely would not recommend doing, it was pretty sketchy.
I should be going out to do some skating tonight. I think Evan's gonna use some rollerblades while me and Josiah skate so it should be pretty fun. I'm working on my ollie. I can do it pretty decent in my room, but it's totally different when you're moving on cement or pavement.
Oh yeah, I am also going to be building an IronHorse hardtail, too. It's the frame with the carbon seat stays. I'm gonna use my Sid Race, some BB7s that Andy is going to sell me, some Ritchey products that I need to buy, and a complete drivetrain that I have sitting at my workstation in New Hampshire. I'll be able to just switch my disc wheels between bikes, so that should work out pretty well. I think I'm gonna try to build (more like have somebody build me) a 700c disc wheelset. I'd like to use them at some short tracks and maybe even some cross country races this season. Also, that would allow me to not even have to bring my road bike out here next fall, so it would save me a ton of room.
Today I climbed up Rist and then descended Poudre. Rist is always a good climb, it's a lot of fun, too. It took about an hour today, and I was in my second and third largest cogs most of the time. I saved the 26 tooth for the steeps at the top. Descending Rist I hit 76 kph, which was pretty fast. I also took some cattle grates at 70 kph which I definitely would not recommend doing, it was pretty sketchy.
I should be going out to do some skating tonight. I think Evan's gonna use some rollerblades while me and Josiah skate so it should be pretty fun. I'm working on my ollie. I can do it pretty decent in my room, but it's totally different when you're moving on cement or pavement.
Oh yeah, I am also going to be building an IronHorse hardtail, too. It's the frame with the carbon seat stays. I'm gonna use my Sid Race, some BB7s that Andy is going to sell me, some Ritchey products that I need to buy, and a complete drivetrain that I have sitting at my workstation in New Hampshire. I'll be able to just switch my disc wheels between bikes, so that should work out pretty well. I think I'm gonna try to build (more like have somebody build me) a 700c disc wheelset. I'd like to use them at some short tracks and maybe even some cross country races this season. Also, that would allow me to not even have to bring my road bike out here next fall, so it would save me a ton of room.
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