My first ride on the bike since getting up here and I chose to ride down the mountain to Ridgway (road ride), about 18.4 miles,
mostly down. Found Sandy's place closed so headed for the bakery only to find a long wait but managed to talk my way into sitting
at the bar for breakfast. Short stack with side of bacon and coffee, yum!
I managed to mess up the settings on the gps so didn't get the route going down. Bike computer showed a max speed of 42 mph going
down the east side of Dallas (blacktop) coasting in a tuck. The ride was fairly uneventful except that I managed to do the 36.8
miles in 2:57 with 3400 feet of elevation gain. The legs are feeling it now.
Some may not consider it a mountain bike ride but I was on a mountain bike in the mountains with the lowest elevation being at 6870
feet and the high at just under 9100 spinning WTB 2.4 Mutanoraptors at 50 psi and still managed to average a respectable 12.3 mph
for the trip.
I feel better now......
Gary