first ride of the year!!

[luv2climb]

Went out for only 23 miles today, but it included a challenging climb. The descent (which is always a little sketchy, very steep and twisty on an essentially one-lane road) was complicated by a car coming up and me having to ride my brakes to slow down and make it around said car, resulting in my rear end sliding and me nearly going off the road in order to steer out of the slide. But then I hammered it all the way back and made pretty awesome time.

One of these days, we need to go out on a ride, luv2climb...I have a friend who lives in the Grass Valley area who would love to take us on a climbing sufferfest!

Yikes! Glad you came out of that one okay! Descents like that are why I'm not in a big hurry to climb Mix Canyon. I want to climb it, but I have read that the descent sucks! Of course, once this weight is gone I'm probably going to climb it anyway.

I would love to go on a ride with you and your friend! I'm always looking for new climbs, and I found a couple good ones in Nevada City while riding around during last year's Nevada City Classic bike race. Your friend probably knows of many more good climbs I haven't discovered yet.

I've been riding solo for so long I almost forgot how fun riding with others can be. I have a friend who likes to go on climbing rides with me, but her schedule doesn't allow that very often. She did get to go on yesterday's ride with me, and she loved it!

[MojoGrrl]

Yikes! Glad you came out of that one okay! Descents like that are why I'm not in a big hurry to climb Mix Canyon.

I happened to be on the other side of the valley from Mix Canyon, in fact...Cantelow. I have not yet done Mix Canyon but it's on the to-do list...