Winter Riding
It was time to get out and stretch my legs a bit, so I saddled up and decided to hit the riverwalk for some easy spinning..
The riverwalk is no exciting ride, but it is pretty. I needed pretty.
Though you can't speed along too fast lest a pedestrian get run down, its perfect for riding alone, or for recovery, or just to shake the legs out and spin outside instead of on the trainer
On the way back though, Lookout Mountain reminded me that soon I must return to climbing, lest he stomp my ass and leave me broken.
Its a lovely climb. Not my first, my first was Suck Creek, which is apparently featured on page 66 of the latest Bicycling magazine (thanks to a little help from one of my riding buddies, Steve Strain). They got some things wrong though. Steve started the GPS at the Church a little before the start of the actual climb rather than at the bridge where the rest of us believe the start is, and the fastest known time to climb that 5.5 actual miles is.... right at or right below 20 minutes, not 23. I... am not that fast.
The riverwalk is no exciting ride, but it is pretty. I needed pretty.
Though you can't speed along too fast lest a pedestrian get run down, its perfect for riding alone, or for recovery, or just to shake the legs out and spin outside instead of on the trainer
On the way back though, Lookout Mountain reminded me that soon I must return to climbing, lest he stomp my ass and leave me broken.
Its a lovely climb. Not my first, my first was Suck Creek, which is apparently featured on page 66 of the latest Bicycling magazine (thanks to a little help from one of my riding buddies, Steve Strain). They got some things wrong though. Steve started the GPS at the Church a little before the start of the actual climb rather than at the bridge where the rest of us believe the start is, and the fastest known time to climb that 5.5 actual miles is.... right at or right below 20 minutes, not 23. I... am not that fast.
posted by WarKitty at
8:33 PM
3 Comments:
ooh that's quite a mountain! nice pics :)
By
alliwannadoisbicycle, at 1/24/2007 7:46 AM
Nice pics!
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alliwannadoisbicycle, at 1/24/2007 7:47 AM
Yeah, he's a painful climb, but worth it. Last mountain on the 3State ride.
I'll be trying to get a good shot of some of our other climbs as time goes on. They're not far from me, all are in goood "warm up" distance from my house.
By
WarKitty, at 1/24/2007 8:09 AM
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