Gusts in the mid-teens kept almost every cyclist home today but I ventured out for a short 32 miles in over 2 hours. I hit 19 mph but only with tailwinds. Achieving 15 mph consistently was beyond my abilities.
Over 1000 feet of climbing on a flat route still surprises me (my watch gave me 558 feet) but the 5 G here over ATT has been spotty lately.
The indoor plateauing helps immensely outside, it turns out.
Oddly enough, initially setting-out on my Fixie I had trouble un-Halfbike-riding but when I took up Rocky (née Arachne but I like the nickname) I had much less trouble un-Fixie-riding.
Due to construction today at the far end of Village Court I could not ride the straight-away to the end & then ride back, so I was forced to climb my first hill. The sway-back motion of the Halfbike (it’s like a Shark whereas bikes are like Dolphin) is at first terrifying & this torquing motion intensifies under the pressure of uphill pedaling or (I assume) of acceleration. I didn’t freak-out but I was initially quite frightened. First gear tho indeed is low enough for this hill.
Ecbatan 