Not to be full of myself or anything...
Aside from 30-odd flat miles when I was in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, I haven't done any road riding that hasn't been all about getting wherever I need/want to go since Christmas Eve last year. I picked up my new roadie this morning and after lunch I pointed it up the local hill. Yes! I got to the top of the pass without stopping for the first time ever and with quite a few more teeth on my smallest chainring this time too! Go me!!! And then (after stopping to stuff my lungs back inside my chest) I swung left and rode along the summit road (rollery) just to inflict a bit more leg pain on myself. All those dirty miles seem to have helped rather a lot.
The weather was pretty mint too.
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08-24-2007, 11:52 PM #1
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Yeah!! I am awesome!! (AKA: what a difference eight months can make)
Last edited by DirtDiva; 08-25-2007 at 12:00 AM.
Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
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08-25-2007, 12:32 AM #2
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Yay! DirtDiva you *are* awesome! What a great road! And a great tag line! And you've improved so much!
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08-25-2007, 12:52 AM #3
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Looks like a lovely setting for a challenging bike ride on a lovely day...
Dirty miles, minty weather, a sweeeeet Vixen...
Niiiiice specs... Shimano 105 and Ninja paint job... (NZ made too...)
You have every right to feel absolutely and completely full...
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"I will try again tomorrow".
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08-25-2007, 02:00 AM #4
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Well done on the ride - I have made it up Evans on the mountain bike once, but haven't been brave enough to try Evans or Dyers on the road bike
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whoooo - I love your bike -that is precisely why my credit card is not allowed into Bike HQLast edited by kiwi girl; 08-25-2007 at 02:06 AM.
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08-25-2007, 03:53 AM #5
Holly magnet.
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Well, it was on sale for quite a bit off...
From what I could see of the trails from Summit Road, they are looking primo. Rapaki Track is my next challenge, and I'll have a whole lot more little gears to get me up there.Drink coffee and do stupid things faster with more energy.
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08-25-2007, 04:33 AM #6
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You ARE awesome. I bow down to thee, giant hill climber!! I'm super impressed! Congrats on making up that big boy without so much as putting a foot down.
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08-25-2007, 12:44 AM #7
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ohhhh
Ohhhh very vewy nice bike!!
Good to hear your ride went better than planned!!!
Is that in the port hills>??
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