What makes this ride so much fun is that they close all of the roads-- 26.2 miles of fast, closed roads. Sure, we had to get up at 4:00 in the blessed am, but it was worth it.Besides riding with a new riding buddy (we'll call him Brian), we were conducting an experiment. Layne and I were test riding carbon aero wheels from Trek
First off, we were trying to see how much of a difference carbon wheels REALLY make-- are they worth the booku bucks they cost? Secondly, we were trying different kinds to see which one was better. (After extensive testing-- up and down our street-- unfortunately for our checkbook, the more expensive wheels really were better.)
We tried really hard not to leave our newbie in the dust. He did a great job keeping up with us-- even with our slowing to wait for him a few times, we still averaged 18.5 miles per hour. There was one point on the Van Winkle Expressway where we really wanted to try them out-- we were riding in a paceline with each other at 30 mph easily.Verdict's in: carbon wheels rock. Seriously-- feels like you're floating.
I don't know if we'll get them or not-- knowing Layne, probably yes-- either way-- they contributed to the most fun I've had in a while! (Thanks, Nicole, for keeping the kids overnight for us!)
4 comments:
I'm a little jealous, but I couldn't have kept up with you anyway (even minus the belly)! Kim, that's a fabulous picture of you! Ride on!
Sounds like a blast...I got tired just reading about it!
I thought of you this morning and how much fun you were having... of course not at 4 am, but when I woke up much later :o)
I'm glad that you had such a great time. It was great to see you earlier in the week. You look incredible and look so healthy! I'm proud of you!
You look dang skinny in that whatchamacallit biking suit thingie. You should wear it all the time...like to Kohlers and everything.
Glad you had a good ride.
It will probably snow tomorrow.
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