Busy Week

Since, I've gotten back I've gotten in three rides, all on the road. Wednesday night with the Clemmons ride with Erich, Rob, and Mitch.

Thursday to Pilot with Erich and Rob. And today, the granddaddy, part of the Tour de Gaps.


Erich, Cisco, Mitch and I all headed up to Mt. Airy to hit up part of the Tour de Gaps course, just to get in some climbing before next week's Hurt, Pain, and Agony. After heading out of North Carolina

We got in about 42 miles, with the climb up Squirrel Spur. That climb was amazing, I can't wait to get out again and tag another of the gaps along with this one. Realistically the climb is just under 4 miles, and probably a bit more gain than Pilot, just spread out a bit more reasonably. After hanging low on the lower section of the climb, I tried to bridge back up to Cisco and Erich, which proved to be an exercise in futility.

Too strong

The climb begins

Everyone was riding strong today. After some deliberation at the Parkway, we headed back down and saw upwards of 50mph. Holy crap. On the way back to the cars we had our typical friendly banter and competition to try to outsprint each other. During an obligatory water stop, we refueled on some amazing homemade fudge. I'll totally have to remember where this gas station was, that piece of fudge probably consisted of about two pounds of butter somehow condensed into like 2 ounces...but it was amazing!

Oh, and here is Cisco's ubersecret Campy test front derailleur...you didn't see it here