First ride on new bike!

[Catrin]

Great I'm glad to hear that you are putting some pieces together for future rides! I wish that I were closer so I could race as well, it certainly must be drier than this area is right now. What's the name of the race? Is there information on a website/blog somewhere?

Although you may not be in 'climbing' position that you'd like to be, it might be a great time to log some miles and see what you think of this time of riding... at least I always think that I'll spend less days on the trainer that way HA!

The name of the event is the Gravel Grovel and it is always held on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. There is a companion event held in very early March called the Death March (for a couple of VERY good reasons). For some reason neither website is responding, but you can check both out from the Sub-9 Productions website later. Their website is down and I've already let them know about that. I will volunteer for the Gravel Grovel again this year - as long as the weather doesn't make me wimp out. I hope to ride at least a portion of the Death March, but time will tell.

HERE is a review of the 2011 Gravel Grovel to give you an idea what it is like.

In order to REALLY do some gravel road riding, I need to switch my stem out and probably throw some riser bars on my bike. My riding position is fine, barely, for single-track, but I am much too hunched over for anything that looks like road riding or for covering distance. In order to keep from stretching my neck out too far we chose to go with a mountain bike one size small for me - and I need to save up for the work.