| Cyclocross Ride
I have a couple of cyclocross bikes. A couple of week ago I rode one from
South San Francisco over to Pacifica and then back up over the dirt ridge
trails. It's a LeMond Poprad but it only had a single front ring. I'm
putting a triple on it right now so I'm waiting for parts to come in.
My other 'cross bike is a world championship CX Atala. It has barend
shifters and only a 7 speed on the back but a good triple. It rides like an
absolute dream.
This evening after I got home it was threatening rain in the sky but I
wanted to get in some miles. I pulled the Atala out and rode up the street,
down to the shoreline trail and 10 miles down the trail to the trailhead and
then came back. Over the paved sections the knobbies rode perfectly smoothly
and when I hit the trail, whether it was muddy or drying from the last
week's worth of rain, the tires didn't even threaten to slip.
The trails ride along the shoreline but occasionally dodge inland a couple
hundred yards or so before going out again. The wind was cold but not too
cold. I kept it in one gear for the whole ride, probably a 39/25 or so. The
idea was to enjoy the ride and not to wear myself out. I'm coming down with
that cold that's going around and I don't feel like making it worse.
18 miles in a little over an hour and a quarter and I was back home. Sure
beats the hell out of sitting around the house after work.
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