Strange Weather...
It was actually Sunny and warm Satruday Afternoon.
Time to Climb!
Earlier in the day, Ed installed my new rear cassette. In between then and mid Saturday afternoon I went to a baby shower. After the shower, I had time to test it out.
I always struggle on Mount St. on my Tuesday Evening PHAT Tuesday rides. I typically have to stand up and grind it out. So want better place to test out the new gearing.
It did seem like I was able to get up that road with a higher cadence and faster that usual. I may have pushed myself a bit much though as I ran out of gas near the top by the house that looks like a giant chicken coop. I am still far from winning any "King of the Mountain" jerseys.
Diamond Hill Reservoir , originally uploaded by Martinator.
Mount St. conquered, off to Tower Hill!
NOTE: this reservoir is not on a hill. The picture was taken at an angle ala "Warren Miller style" ;-)
Tower Hill
I love climbing up Tower hill road. Well, except for the really steep grade at the beginning. I still had to stand for that. After that initial grade though, it is a rolling climb top to the top. Everything was shifting pretty smootlhy back there with my new rear cassette.
Summary
For this 40 mile with 1,678" of climbing ride I averaged 15.4 mph. If only the weather would stay like this...
Motionbased.com seems to be having issues with their Viewport. I think the site is being neglected and Garmin focuses more on its Garmin connect site, which won't upload data from my Garmin eTrex Legend.
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