Awesome day in the woods on the #singlespeeds!

Just something so simple and right about those bikes!

Frozen Tundra

It was back on the bike after "The Throwdown", and Joe and i were able to get in two great rides this weekend!

Sunday

Early in morning, we loaded up and headed to Scioto Trail State Forest to get in some gravel road climbs. The bike of choice was the Redline D460. Definitely the correct choice, as I could feel the completion from Saturday in my legs and needed the gears.

We were very lucky, the starting temperature was 34 degrees and the ride finished at 32 degrees. It was very odd waking up at 6:30 to over 40 degrees and watching it plummet as the morning rolled on, and the sun came up and stayed out.

Monday

Today, we finally got back to the trail! It has been far too long since I have been I've had that thin ribbon of singletrack beneath my knobbies! Being on the trail is always a tremendous motivator for my riding! I felt like I could spend all day out there, but I have limited time and the temperature was dipping into the lower 20s during the ride. The "tuffed up" dirt, where the water has frozen and exppanded, really added and extra level to the ride today. My comparison was to doing banded squats!

Since this is a shorter post than normal, please enjoy the video below form today's ride.

The year begins!

And so the new year begins with a trip to the McClintic TNT Area for some riding festivities with the Ohio Valley Boys. The best thing about the ride was getting to see all of the guys (Jon B., Eric P, Matt J. and Cal-Boy, along with the usual Joe and Tony). The ride was very flat, but did offer up some cool views of the bunkers.

I stayed pretty warm as the temperatures stayed in the low 30s. Apparel today included the Mavic jacket,Nike Pro base layer, Pearl Izumi Themal Jersey, wool ski socks, PI Barrier GTX shoes, and Marmaset Gore Windstopper gloves.



Of course i decided to do a video compliation of the GoPro Pics.


This was a great recovery ride to begin the year fresh. I have lots of prep and training to do before the 6 Hours of Warrior Creek and need to get Joe and I signed up for the Sub 9 Death March this week!

2013 is shaping up to be a great year!

Back to Scioto Trail

It was great too get back to Scioto Trail State Forest today. We actually saw a couple of guys on mountain bikes and a couple of guys on cyclocross bikes enjoying the day. I tried a couple of new angles on the GoPro today, didn't account for the slightly muddy sections for the rear seatpost mount.

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Video Montage!

GPS