Group ride

I finally got a night to ride and hooked up with a group ride at Schenectady County Community College.  I went out with the 'fast' group with some trepidation, but was happy I did.  We rode out route 5S, then turned left and headed for the hills.  I heard someone say we climbed 1000' but it didn't feel like that much.  I got dropped right away on the first climb, and finally caught up with the group as the waited for us.  I saw Art from spin class.  He and I and one other rider worked up one hill together, then down a huge, fast descent.  Naturally, we missed the turn, so had climb back up a bit to get back to a secondary road that brought as back to the route.

On one descent I hit a new personal land speed record of 49.8 MPH.  Felt pretty good, but some idiot put a stop sign right at the fast part of the road.

I bought a new tire to replace the cracked one just before the ride.  I tried to forget that I was riding on a new tire that someone else had installed.  I'm annoyed at having been outclimbed so badly.  I guess that's the thing I'll be working on. 

5 weeks to MOTM #2 with 700' of climbing per lap!

39.6 miles

2:25

 

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