drjeff
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Got out about 5:30 for what turned into an interesting ride on my usual Orange all the way to the corn field and back via the yellow and a final orange loop. With all this great, dry weather as of late, there was no actual water crossings involved today which was a 1st for me on this loop! Had a few issues with my bike seat as 3 times in the 1st 1/3rd of the ride the cradle that holds it kept loosening up and as a result I had the neck of the seat, well ummm "very aggressively supporting the twins" Finally after the 3rd fix and taking the entire seat post out and removing the attachment for my sons trail behind bike and really, really cranking on the bike tool, problem solved (wasted maybe 15 minutes in the 3 fixes ) Then as I was riding back on the yellow maybe 200 yards South of the Red Bridge at the first real stream bed crossing, I really went for it and cruised across the stream bed and felt a big thud and heard the hissing sound - yup my 1st flat! About 5 minutes later with the help of my hygienist's husband (and a canister of Co2) we were riding again.
When we weren't dealing with my bike issues, we were riding better and faster than we ever have! That extra confidence of really attacking terrain on the big suspension DH bikes at Mount Snow really helped both of our commitmemts to our lines tonight!
Total ride time was 90 minutes (probably 20+ of which was fixing my bike ) for 6.05 miles and 1845 feet of climbing.
When we weren't dealing with my bike issues, we were riding better and faster than we ever have! That extra confidence of really attacking terrain on the big suspension DH bikes at Mount Snow really helped both of our commitmemts to our lines tonight!
Total ride time was 90 minutes (probably 20+ of which was fixing my bike ) for 6.05 miles and 1845 feet of climbing.
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