Our big spring event is coming up next weekend, one week ago. I got a lot to do between now and then. Luckily this is year #3 and at least I know what to prepare for. But there is still a lot to do, lists to make, courses to mark, cue sheets to update. On top of this I’ve got to finish knitting the baby present for my sister-in-law and ship it out in time for her shower next weekend. Oh, and I’ve got to go back to jury duty tomorrow.
Today I had to get my ride done in the morning. It was cold (40) and grey and damp and altogether fairly nasty when I left the house at 9:30. I really didn’t want to ride, I really wanted to turn the bike around and cozy back up on the couch and drink more tea. But I knew that this was my only chance for peace and quiet and relaxation, so I’d best suck it up and ride.
I was supposed to get 3-4 hours of off-road, singlespeed riding. However, between the rain the night before and the fact that there’s only a small section of singletrack open right now (and I’ve ridden it already 3x this week) I changed plans and pulled out the geared cross bike to get my miles. Luckily the gloom lifted some and I did get to see a little bit of sun and warmth while I was out.
cobb hill - the not-muddy bit
I climbed up some nice big hills for a warm up and then decided to head out and check out the conditions on the optional add-on loop for the gravel grinder. For funsies, I opted to ride it in reverse. Wow, good move. It’s still got some nasty climbing, but the class 4 road section, which is a descent when ridden in reverse, was gnarly. As in running water over 6″ of muck. Difficult to ride down, impossible to ride up. I’m pretty sure that we’re going to have to nix this section of the grinder, who wants to do a 2 mile hike-a-bike in the mud?
cobb hill, the other direction
On my way back home I rode by George and Keiran who were out running an errand. They invited me out to lunch. Hell yeah! That was a nice end to a cold, kinda gloomy, early sunday slog.
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