Quote Originally Posted by msincredible View Post
Today was an adventurous 73-mile, 7100' ride in the pouring rain (over the hill to an 18-mile social group ride, then back over the hill home). My bike and I were filthy afterward! (Clean now, though.)
Ack! Are you one of those real troopers who starts the ride knowing you're going to get poured on?! And how many of the regular group riders showed up?

And... well, I'm newly returned to the hill country, and I already mentioned how my legs were slaughtered after much less climbing than that on Saturday, but that would be hilly for here even if I were in better shape. (That's more like the two-day ride I'm training for in September.) Anything over 80 feet/mile is impressive to me!

PS wanna wash my bike too?