Long ride today. Didn't get out of the house until around 615pm. Rode until 9pm. I need a new seat for these longer rides. The Selle Italia Flight Ti just isn't cutting it any more. I am looking at the Specialized Avatar Gel. MikeyB wrote up a nice review on his new one. He seems to really like it. Worth a try for $60.

My legs were dead after the first 2km of the ride. I lifted legs Sunday and Monday. Dumb. My quads and calfs are stong and feel good this year but my hammys just aren't as stong. They never really have been so I am have tried to work on them more. I am dumb. Why before a long ride? Well I will tell you. Because it has been raining and I got sick of not doing anything. I should have just put some rain gear on and went for a ride.

I have been comtemplating riding a single speed into work, no way. I need the gears or I am going to be pushing. Else, I would have to have a 1:1 gearing. The 16.5k ride into work has about 200+meters(700feet) of total climbing. Oh, and one part has a max grade of 27.9. Suck it. I will be adding a rear derailleur to the old Bianchi for my commuter ride. The old Bianchi was found durning pickup trash days on the far side of Bloomington. She needed some help but everything was stock on it. The tires were crusty but even had the little rubber fingers on it still. It also had a stem that had to be at least 150mm. I had to buy a 1" quill stem adapter for it. I want to add a shorter stem and rebuild the bar setup. We will see.

The rest of the ride was pretty uneventful. A few sprinkles but other than that not much. Spin, spin, spin. Check out my helmet 3 row mowhawk. Jealous?


Stats:
Moving Time: 2:40:75
Moving Speed: 12.9mph avg. - 35.8mph max.
Elevation Gain: +/-643.43m - +/-2,111ft
Max Grade: 27.9 <-- Burning!

Distance:
Today: 57.53km (35.75mi)
May: 57.53km (35.75mi)
Year to date: 503.16km (312.65mi)


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Later!
-pete