Playing Roadie

GeeDubb said:

No, didn't shave the legs but wish I had after the clash with the gnat
swarms.......would have been easier to wash off.

Sixteen mountain bikers showed up (MTBR-AZ group ride), me being the
only one on a 28 lb fs mtn bike (sans knobbies), the rest on sleek,
mostly fast, road bikes. Forty something miles and a couple of thousand
feet of climbing, the old butt is dragging. I hung on the flats, even
in the dh but just couldn't keep the pace on the hills.

Evening rains had reduced the starting ride temp to 73F but man was it
humid. 5 am start sucked especially since the ride was in the east
valley and I wasn't!

I won't do this again unless I get a road bike.....or train harder.

that's all, no mtb content other than the fact I was on my switchblade.

Gary

Gary, I know the feeling.

I took my 30 lb FS ride with slicks out last week and did a road century
on it (100 miles is a loooooong way on a 30 lb mtb, even with slicks).
And I was silly and did it when we were in the 80's here with a humidex
pushing towards the 100F mark. Not as much climbing (only about 1800 ft)
but a bloody headwind for the first 55 miles.

On the flip side, I did get a couple compliments from some roadies on
Marinonis and Cervelos....they thought I was totally whacked for even
thinking of a century on a mtb, but also gave me kudos for having the
rocks to actually do it.

Oh well....we're all nuts and proud of it 🙂

Michael

GeeDubb said:

No, didn't shave the legs but wish I had after the clash with the gnat
swarms.......would have been easier to wash off.

Sixteen mountain bikers showed up (MTBR-AZ group ride), me being the only
one on a 28 lb fs mtn bike (sans knobbies), the rest on sleek, mostly fast,
road bikes. Forty something miles and a couple of thousand feet of
climbing, the old butt is dragging. I hung on the flats, even in the dh but
just couldn't keep the pace on the hills.

Evening rains had reduced the starting ride temp to 73F but man was it
humid. 5 am start sucked especially since the ride was in the east valley
and I wasn't!

I won't do this again unless I get a road bike.....or train harder.

that's all, no mtb content other than the fact I was on my switchblade.

Gary

Fleabay and Craigslist can get you a vintage 27er for real cheap. The
PXH Metro is rife with great deals. A little elbow grease and you
will be flying along and doing the devil's work in no time.

JD

JD said:

GeeDubb said:

No, didn't shave the legs but wish I had after the clash with the gnat
swarms.......would have been easier to wash off.

Quoted message said:

Sixteen mountain bikers showed up (MTBR-AZ group ride), me being the only
one on a 28 lb fs mtn bike (sans knobbies), the rest on sleek, mostly fast,
road bikes. Forty something miles and a couple of thousand feet of
climbing, the old butt is dragging. I hung on the flats, even in the dh but
just couldn't keep the pace on the hills.

Quoted message said:

Evening rains had reduced the starting ride temp to 73F but man was it
humid. 5 am start sucked especially since the ride was in the east valley
and I wasn't!

Quoted message said:

I won't do this again unless I get a road bike.....or train harder.

Quoted message said:

that's all, no mtb content other than the fact I was on my switchblade.

Quoted message said:

Gary

Fleabay and Craigslist can get you a vintage 27er for real cheap. The
PXH Metro is rife with great deals. A little elbow grease and you
will be flying along and doing the devil's work in no time.

JD- Hide quoted text -

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Due to washed out trails I hit the road this weekend, but my road bike
is out of action and so I took out the free ride bike on slicks. Boy,
what a work out. Trying to maintain my average road speeds was near
impossible as I couldn't get the bike to cruise much above 17 mph. I
don't know if it was the tyres (HookWorm, 2.5"😉, the squishy frame, a
lack of any aero position, the 90f heat or even the fact that I didn't
raise the seat to roadie height that turned my ride into a 2 hour
slog. I'm looking forward to getting my road bike fixed or even
better, the trails drying out.

GeeDubb said:

No, didn't shave the legs but wish I had after the clash with the gnat
swarms.......would have been easier to wash off.

Sixteen mountain bikers showed up (MTBR-AZ group ride), me being the
only one on a 28 lb fs mtn bike (sans knobbies), the rest on sleek,
mostly fast, road bikes. Forty something miles and a couple of thousand
feet of climbing, the old butt is dragging. I hung on the flats, even
in the dh but just couldn't keep the pace on the hills.

Evening rains had reduced the starting ride temp to 73F but man was it
humid. 5 am start sucked especially since the ride was in the east
valley and I wasn't!

I won't do this again unless I get a road bike.....or train harder.

that's all, no mtb content other than the fact I was on my switchblade.

Gary

Wow. A road bike would be way better. Good job for pulling it off the
hard way!

Matt

GeeDubb said:

No, didn't shave the legs but wish I had after the clash with the gnat
swarms.......would have been easier to wash off.

Sixteen mountain bikers showed up (MTBR-AZ group ride), me being the only
one on a 28 lb fs mtn bike (sans knobbies), the rest on sleek, mostly fast,
road bikes. Forty something miles and a couple of thousand feet of
climbing, the old butt is dragging. I hung on the flats, even in the dh but
just couldn't keep the pace on the hills.

Evening rains had reduced the starting ride temp to 73F but man was it
humid. 5 am start sucked especially since the ride was in the east valley
and I wasn't!

I won't do this again unless I get a road bike.....or train harder.

that's all, no mtb content other than the fact I was on my switchblade.

Gary

On a SB, nonetheless. You're my hero!! :-)

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