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Wednesday Jul 25, 2018 #
9 AM
biking - dark blue bike 1:50:11 25.83 mi (4:16 / mi) +1459ft 4:03 / mi
ahr:133 max:164 weight:137lbs
For lack of imagination, same route as my Saturday outing with Phil. But it did result in confirmation of what I'd noticed before, but never quite so distinctly, namely, that you can see the road a lot better when the sun isn't out. Where it matters is on the downs, where the potholes (dirt or paved) come at you a lot faster.
Case in point was Pratt Corner Road, dirt, all mottled in sun and shade Saturday and really hard to see what was coming. So you just stay loose and if you get whacked by a pothole, or hit a bunch of sand or gravel and the wheels get squirrelly, then between the tires and the frame and your arms and legs you just absorb it. But the brakes are certainly used more, because there's no point in being stupid. And there's a bit of tension.
Today, felt like I could see everything. Didn't hit a pothole, missed most of the loose gravel, and only touched the brakes once and that wasn't really necessary. And it was a lot more fun.
Even if I got rained on for the last 10 miles or so.
Case in point was Pratt Corner Road, dirt, all mottled in sun and shade Saturday and really hard to see what was coming. So you just stay loose and if you get whacked by a pothole, or hit a bunch of sand or gravel and the wheels get squirrelly, then between the tires and the frame and your arms and legs you just absorb it. But the brakes are certainly used more, because there's no point in being stupid. And there's a bit of tension.
Today, felt like I could see everything. Didn't hit a pothole, missed most of the loose gravel, and only touched the brakes once and that wasn't really necessary. And it was a lot more fun.
Even if I got rained on for the last 10 miles or so.