July 21 Rides

[DrBadger]

52 miles with my roommate and another friend with about 3000 ft of climbing. It was pretty warm and sunny, so the climbs were HOT! I went through 3 bottle of fluid, which is a lot for me. Didn't really have my climbing legs under me for some reason, but felt pretty good. My average speed ended up being 12.5 MPH. Averaged about 7-8 on the climbs, and a max speed of 40 (Wheee!).

Am still playing the saddle game. I thought I had found a winner, but it rebelled on me yesterday, so don't think that will work for my upcoming century. I might go back to the last one I tried and play a bit more with the saddle tilt.

I tried out my smith toaster sunglasses that I got last week. I have to say, I am a big fan! They fit my face really well, and for the first time on my fast decents I didn't have tears streaming down my face, It is nice to be able to see the road Also, I usually get a pretty bad headache after long rides, and yesterday it was much better. I think that part of it was the cheap sunglasses that I had been wearing.

All in all a good day. I have attached the profile of our route.