I ride because there is no room for the weight of life, and it must stay behind, if only for a while.
--E. Portmann, Road Bike Action Magazine, Issue Sept./Oct. 2008
Because of rides like this:
- Dub-C to Sunol out-and-back in a blistering Yellowjackets paceline.
- Mt. Diablo solo to empty the tank, North Gate to Junction.
- Running on fumes past Diablo Ranch.
- Re-charging on the descent and realizing the earlier paceline speed was faster on average.
- But still cruising at 20 mph on the home stretch.
- Thinking I'd covered around 70 miles.
- Finding it was actually 80.
Because of rides like this:- Dub-C to Sunol out-and-back in a blistering Yellowjackets paceline.
- Mt. Diablo solo to empty the tank, North Gate to Junction.
- Running on fumes past Diablo Ranch.
- Re-charging on the descent and realizing the earlier paceline speed was faster on average.
- But still cruising at 20 mph on the home stretch.
- Thinking I'd covered around 70 miles.
- Finding it was actually 80.
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