Who says you need a 53?

Well, I just got back from the Thursday night road group ride. It was a tough ride. I showed up for the ride on my hardtail Giant with slicks. The group rides are always tough, cause we have a mixed bag of riders. There are Cat 1's thru Cat 5's. All guys give me crap for showing up on my mountain bike, but to tell you the truth, the pain that you feel during these ride on a mnt bike is about what it feels like at about hour 18 of a 24 hour race. There is really no other way to simulate this pain and suffering.

As for the ride, it started out pretty mellow. We were cruising along at about 22 mph, until we got to the first hill, then all hell broke loose. All the fast guys started to attack, an I was forced to start getting on the pedals. Cresting the hill, I felt pretty good so I attacked and got about a 100 yard gap on everybody. The local "Pro Roadie" caught up quick and we worked together to the next town which was about 5 miles away. I don't have a computer on my mnt bike, so as I gasped for air I asked my partner how fast and he said we were pulling down the road at 33 mph. I was shocked, cause my legs felt good since i was spinning like mad in my 44 big ring.

As for the rest of the ride, we ended up riding for 5 hours, and out of the 11 of us that started the ride only 6 of us made it pack to town in the lead pack. I was thrilled with my perfomance. I feel like things are going to be coming together for the 24 Hours of Rapelje in Billings, MT next weekend.

Thats about it for now. I am pretty tired and I need to crash so I can get up tomorrow and spin the legs out before work.

Thanks for reading!

Jeff Kerkove said at 7:57 PM :: ::