Forecast for today was wet. Several moments of light rain fell before the MBH shop ride @ 10:00. Will it go? I drove into town to find out.
Start time moved to 10:30. Jan showed up. Rama backed out. Doug skipped. Jan & I, we each started w/ wet gear jackets. She lead me on a wonderful loop starting from shop and picking up trails N of town. The houses build up against the USFS land, here we were maybe 6 residential blocks till we were on dirt. A few drops fell. Sun came out, i packed my jacket; later on I almost removed my wool long under wear top to work on my suntan. We rode a piece of Oak Creek to Buddha beach, named because of all the people stacked rocks into like snowmen, balanced radiused river rock. Added s new piece of trail off Ridge. Almost every ride I am adding some new trail to my hazy memory bank. There are just so many trails. We rode 13.44 miles in just under 2 hours. Its a workout. Rode washes. Conditions were primo.
Back @ MBH & visited w/ Rama.
Forecast for near future is clear & 60 deg. No snow to shovel here.
Camp @ deer pass by myself.
Thurs is a ride & visit w/ Dave & Rebeca. Friday i give up my bike for rear wheel build and do trail work w/ Dean.
Comfortable enough to run heater on low @ night.
Not liking my new Candy pedals as they are difficult & timely to clip in. I depend upon being clipped in for tech moves. If I walk and then hop on I need to get clipped back in for next move. I miss the move if 1 or both feet unclipped.
That’s it.