Great hills

Yes - Rich pointed out that they "can" pave steeper... Evidence San Fran - or Mt W.

Stupid salt truck dumped two massive piles near the top of the hill. So yeah - there are folks who say "people always just write about what they are planning to do"

well...

I got close to completely executing what i wanted to do...

Got a decent 28 mph sustained sprint in, no draft, headwind, cross bike on the way down. I think i forgot to breath - at least i don't remember breathing...

So heading back up... i did something different, instead of exploding all over the bottom of college hill i metered out the effort, trying to stay in the do-able range... as in not hitting 900 watts at the base and tapering up to 300 by the end of the hill... It worked... i think i managed to keep it around the 500-600 range up until the end of the steepest section. Almost gave in and rolled back to the lab. But, heck - can't let a gorgeous day go by without getting in some more effort.

Drop down angel to main... took main down to Church... headed up Church to Benefit (pretty steep but not too long) then down to Jenkes... Infamous Jenkes... I the year and a half i've been kicking it in the Ocean State i've heard mention of "riding jenkes" i've driven past it... but not yet ridden UP it...

Fun as freaking hell...

steep... Very steep...

and straight up...

Was gonna do a couple more of the hills but, time and hunger got the better of me. That and i still have to ride home, and gonna try to hit the road with the team tomorrow morning.

Went with the "both" coffee option...
Time to eat some lunch...

It is a very positive feeling to be back from the flu. It is pretty dark mentally riding in the shadow of being sick, not having any power, not really knowing how long it will take to gain back... and then - suddenly like Spring showing up... its back.

Check out Fast Boy Fenders he's got the email notification thing rocking now... wooden fenders just look damn freaking cool!!!