TAKE MY STRONG ADVICE
TODAY DIDN'T GO AS WELL AS I'D HOPED. If you haven't figured it out, sometimes I'm terrible at taking my own advice. Like, warming up matters. Today I had planned to set a hot time on a local climb. The kind of thing you want to do the Saturday for before the only A race on my calendar for months. Instead, I pretty much bombed...
... instantly gapped by my faster friends, while holding up the first-timer I was sure wouldn't be able to keep up.
Was I holding you up?
Oh, I probably had another 30 or 40 watts.
Ouch!
I knew I'd gap him on the very technical stuff at the top, but he could have walked the last mile and still beat me...
... 30-40 watts!
The next two hours were a little better. Well, a lot better. A surprising number of PRs.
You know what I think really fouled me up was the old...
... Hey, let's not warm up before we haul gass for an hour straight uphill.
Genius.
So take my strong advice,
remember to always think twice...
... and warm up proper.
Which is what I'm planning to do at the races next weekend.
Chris, The Wrench, pinged me later in the day.
Can ya help me prep these bikes for pick up?
Let the record show... a professional mechanic asked little Ol' Diesel to help prep two new bikes for pick up.
Yep, he trusted me to put air in the tires.
Well, convert 'em to tubeless, then put air in.
He also reminded me that I erroneously stated we were out of gravel bikes.
We have two, still.
One is the demo, and one is still in the box. Both Large.
These are truly special bikes. Built on the BMC hardtail platform, they have 20mm of travel in the rear triangle.
They are light.
Stiff, yet compliant with that travel.
Climb great.
Descend like a dream on road, gravel, and especially on singletrack.
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/bmc-bicycles/products/urs-01-three
We had 4 yesterday, now we are down to 2 larges.
So, if you're into that sorta thing...
https://pedalindustries.com/collections/bmc-bicycles/products/urs-01-three
Check it, and drop me a line Clementine.
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