Around the Mountain

I invited my brother and his wife to join me for a ride around West Mountain this morning. I didn't now how long the trip would be but I estimated about 25 miles. When all was said and done it ended up being a 32 mile round trip. Not too bad, except my brother got sick about 10 miles into it and we had to make some frequent stops to let his stomach settle. I'm impressed he made it the whole way under those conditions. I'll definitely want to try the loop again in a couple weeks.

While keeping pace with the group meant I couldn't race along, the trip was a good test for the new tires. The one time that I actually got out of the trike I saw two large thorns stuck into the front right tire. I just pulled them out. My stock tires would have been flat at that point. I also decided that since we were moving slower I would work on my cadence and stay in the low gears, so I never got past 3rd and spent most of my time in first. I found that at 150 rpm I can go 18.5 mph in first. I can't maintain it for too long though because there just isn't enough resistance on the pedals. I think for next weeks commute I'll stick to the low gears and keep working on the high rpms.