Kind of a mixed feeling ride today. I recently converted my Bianchi Limited to as close to a CX bike as possible, and today took her for a trek thru some local hilly mtb paths, just to see how she does off-road. The lovely paths I rode last summer are gone. The hills are more-or-less still there, but nearly the entire area has been deforested, plowed under, and new *&#$@*&(* condos sprouting up everywhere. Many dozens of kilometers of beautiful forest are gone forever. I just feel really sad about this.
OTOH, I did manage 28km of mixed off-road, trail/path, and road riding elsewhere, where the grubby developers haven't attacked. Yet. Bike handled excellently, weather balmy, nice ride, but still bummed at how much woodland is being razed for subdivisions around here.