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Tuesday Apr 25, 2017 #
9 AM
Bike 3:30:00 [3] 34.0 km (9.7 kph) +1400m
From skiing to biking... forecast was for increasing cloud through the day so was surprised to wake up and find that it had rained what seemed like a fair bit. Could see patches of blue sky though and in the end was a pretty nice day for biking with a mix of sun and cloud though cool (12 degrees) although never felt cold. Trails were dry for the most part and in great riding shape. Rode up happy/Waco/nimby/let it go. Such a nice climb that doesn't seem to get boring. Felt pretty good and rode most of it in my big ring. The last section reminded me of some whistler trails due to the vegetation though that's makes sense as at that point you are about six hundred meters above Pemberton with different climate.
Tried to ride a bit of fifty but too much snow - only spot we encountered snow. Skipped overnight and did max pains/back pains instead. Super fun with lots of fast flow. Then over to the mosquito lake trails - lots of punchy and techs climbs there. No Err was really fun as was the upper part of cream puff. Continued on the race course rather than going further down cream puff. Finished with a climb up the FSR and a last descent down Hawaii which had some nice steep bermed corners.
Some bike issues on the ride - dropper started failing (think the seals are gone) so threw the collar on and left it up. Dropped the whole seat a few times on longer descents but also rode a lot with the seat up - this certainly made some of the rock drops a little trickier. Also managed to break my cassette pedalling up a rock slab (likely in too hard a gear). Luckily the two broken rings were in the middle so still had the three easiest gears o the cassette. Just a little noisy as the broken parts rattled around.
Tried to ride a bit of fifty but too much snow - only spot we encountered snow. Skipped overnight and did max pains/back pains instead. Super fun with lots of fast flow. Then over to the mosquito lake trails - lots of punchy and techs climbs there. No Err was really fun as was the upper part of cream puff. Continued on the race course rather than going further down cream puff. Finished with a climb up the FSR and a last descent down Hawaii which had some nice steep bermed corners.
Some bike issues on the ride - dropper started failing (think the seals are gone) so threw the collar on and left it up. Dropped the whole seat a few times on longer descents but also rode a lot with the seat up - this certainly made some of the rock drops a little trickier. Also managed to break my cassette pedalling up a rock slab (likely in too hard a gear). Luckily the two broken rings were in the middle so still had the three easiest gears o the cassette. Just a little noisy as the broken parts rattled around.
3 PM
Bike 2:15:00 [2] 15.0 km (6.7 kph) +525m
After a lunch break the weather was still good so we decided that might as well take advantage of it as who knows what tomorrow will bring so headed out for ride #2 at the One Mile trails. Started with the climbing trail into pioneer etc then the whole lumpy's loop. Very fun descending - first descent was new school tech while the second one had lots of nice rock slabs. Legs were tired on the climbs though and a lot more granny gear climbing. Nice views on the lumpy trail. Good area - worth a return.