Quick hitter tonight. I was able to get away last minute, but I didn't get on the bike until about 7pm. I packed the headlight just in case I got ambitious, but I wouldn't need it. White Memorial usually drains pretty well, since it's mostly gravel roads, but tonight was the wettest that I've seen it. I'm glad I stuck with my decision to ride there versus Nass. I ended up cutting the initial out and back part of my ride short due to the wetness, the part I skipped normally takes awhile to dry, so I figured tonight it would be a real mess. I went back up and crossed 63 to find even more wetness where it's normally dry. I decided to loop back on the white trail instead of heading over towards the museum, since that would have meant going through the marshy area on the way back. I crossed 63 again down the road so that I could climb up from the beaver pond. On the way up that hill I decided to go back and do a short loop around the area I started in so that I could get in it's climb again and head home.
All in all I rode for about 1:15 and covered 8.1 miles. I did learn something tonight; I've been relying on my granny ring too much this season. At some point early on I convinced myself that I needed to use it more. Tonight, after the first climb, I decided to try not to use the granny for the rest of the ride. That's why I went back for the first big climb; so I could do it again without the silly granny. It felt great to be able to power up the climbs without the granny clutch!
All in all I rode for about 1:15 and covered 8.1 miles. I did learn something tonight; I've been relying on my granny ring too much this season. At some point early on I convinced myself that I needed to use it more. Tonight, after the first climb, I decided to try not to use the granny for the rest of the ride. That's why I went back for the first big climb; so I could do it again without the silly granny. It felt great to be able to power up the climbs without the granny clutch!
Nice going!
