I rode both days this weekend. We were supposed to do a century on Saturday but I didn't sleep well and wasn't feeling great so we went for a local ride instead but it turned out to be a wild one - we did this climb that ends with a coupe of miles of mostly unpaved gravelly stuff, and it had rained a couple days ago so it was muddy. I was on the wrong bike to try that climb (average grade is 10% I think? Some spots 21%!) but even more so, wrong for the descent. I was on my carbon aero bike which has race wheels and super skinny race tires - why my husband led me up that rode with me on that bike, I don't know. I somehow made it down in one piece but I had several moments where I was certain I was going to crash. 22 mph downhill in muddy gravel on a racing bike - super stiff carbon is TERRIBLE as you can imagine - jostled near to death and I couldn't brake and I seriously thought I was going to eat it, two or three times, so I just relaxed and prepared to crash and roll...and somehow that saved me, just letting off the brakes and trying to balance and somehow ride it out. But when it was over, I seriously said "HOLY **** I LIVED THROUGH THAT" out loud. Today was just an easy tandem ride (and we got a flat!)
2013 Volagi Viaje
2002 LeMond Tete de Course rebuild/"The Chimaera"
2012 Scott Contessa Foil with Dura-Ace
2011? budget "Takara Kabuto" Single Speed/Fixie "The Bumblebee"
1999 Santana Team Ti 700 tandem/"Silver Streak"