Freaking out a little...

[Bike Writer]

I second that congratulations! Good job and nice to have that first one out of the way.

[smittykitty]

Congrats on your ride today. Glad to hear you did well.

As far as those (rolling!!!!) hills -- well, I've never met a hill I can't walk up!

ps: I made it to 33 mph pedaling downhill - no brakes today. I think it was my fastest ever and it felt pretty darn fast! Fun, but I don't think I want to go much faster. Wow 35 and brakes! Must have been pretty darn steep!


Rest well tonight! You did good!

[MichelleOH]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[zoom-zoom]

A fair number of the roads, being rural, were chip-seal. If I ever do this ride again, it will be on carbon or steel that fits properly. And I will be much better at hills.

NOW you know why I lasted only a year on my aluminum bike. It's really amazing the difference between that frame and my carbon one. I HATED chip-seal. Now I tolerate it...it doesn't bother me so much. I just accept that the ride will be a bit slower. We rode a lot of chipseal yesterday. 2 years ago I would have been in tears by the end of it. Though I will say that my aluminum Redline CX bike seems to mute the vibration MUCH better than my Synapse did. So the actual design of the tubing must play a big role. The Synapse had oversized and thinner tubing than my Redline. Probably a different grade of aluminum, too.

Great job on your ride...you did it!