Slept OK in big park & ride lot. Chilly in AM. Quick Bfast & on to Birch Mtn TH to meet up w/ Mickey from Rose City Cycles for ride.
Another beautiful day. Hard frost. Met up with riders on time. Cold at first. Not as rocky or technical as Grayville and was an easy ride: no sprints. The others walked almost all the climbs making for a slower ride.
Check out Case Mtn slick rock: It gets slick with moisture be it rain or humidity:
Headed West hoping for a ride in NW Conn before Mass. Learned that place to ride is Nepaug which is in N Central part of state back east of where I stopped.
I stopped at a Tennis club and asked if I could buy a shower. Attendant @ desk made phone call to his boss and I scored a free hot shower.
Drove to Torrington, CN looking for a laundromat & internet access. Clean clothes, a place to crash beside a bank right off main drag, & still working on putting together the IMBA ride in Mass. Joined NEMBA and posted a question regarding the ride.
Craig,
Glad to hear your seat height has made your knee better. Sounds like you are having fun. Randy
NE in the fall is just beautiful and the riding weather is spot on. You do not know technical features until you ride NE. Slow speeds, short climbs, switchbacks, tight trees. Nothing in Spokane environs competes with this riding. But I have forgotten the big chain ring.