
Originally Posted by
jobob
1300 feet in only 9 miles must've been steep! Good job. Don't worry about the speed, it will come with time and practice.
Did you have fun on the downhill ?

Jobob, I hope you are right about the speed. I am not a fast rider, and I can live with that. But, honestly, today I was going seriously slow on some portions. Like 3mph in a couple places.
We have a mountain in our back yard that goes from sea level to our ski area at 5,000 feet in less than 20 miles. The bottom portion is the hardest, with a lot of 9-10%. Right now, only the bottom 5 miles is open except the weekends, and there is still too much snow up higher, anyhow.
The downhill was fun, but COLD, and I thought I was well bundled!
"The best rides are the ones where you bite off much more than you can chew, and live through it." ~ Doug Bradbury