Well skibum, I hope to see you on the Chattooga ride sometime. It's quite the challenge. I'm told the Cartersville rides are not so bad hill-wise. Looking forward to it.

And to clarify, by average speed, I mean what the bike computer says at the end of the ride. I don't usually *care* how fast I am going. Sometimes I average out to 12. It depends who I am with and why we are riding.

As for cadence... I don't care. I pedal however it feels right that day, be it closer to 60 or 90. My feeling on it is, we are not machines that can do the same thing, the same way, every day. Some days I stay in the big ring, some days I like the smaller one. Some days I pedal the whole time, some days I mash, rest, mash, rest... lol