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So I'm a little late with the post...
The first ride has been taken, and the report is good!
Depending how you choose to look at it, bike season has been put on hold for a bit. We are finally getting winter weather, and it looks as if it will be here to stay, at least for a while.
I got my second ride of the year in on Saturday. Not a big one, but a ride none the less.
Kermit and I charged Loomis Hill, which I have found takes you up 1000ft in just under 3 miles. Out and back was approximately 35 minutes, with a slight detour on the way down. Instead of doing an up and down (which is all I had time for really...) I extended the ride by taking a couple of side roads that were a much less steep (read: fast) descent.
See, it was about 23 degrees, and the sun was going down, and the temperature was plummeting. Climbing up was the easy part!
I froze, but I rode.
That's twice as much riding than '06 for me.
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1st ride details: Off the porch, Rt. 116 to Richmond road (pavement), to Texas Hill Rd. (Dirt), to the trail head (there's a right there too) at Hinesburg forest trails. Like George, no big ride here: 6 mile up hill leg burn up; teste freeze on the way back down. To give an idea what an abrupt VT temp change can be like: the same puddles I made wakes in on the way up were frozen on the way down--with in a 1/2 an hour. The bike: lively. erotic,...YES! The truth will blossom in the single track.
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