I got some birthday cash last week that went to buy road tires for my bike. I thought it would be a weird thing to put slick tires on a mountain bike, but apparently it’s not as rare as I thought it was.
So on Sunday, I was itching to try them out. I went out to the Silver Comet Trail and logged 30 miles. I did it intentionally in a higher gear to give my legs more of a workout, and what a difference it made. I was sore Sunday night and most of Monday.
Last night I cleaned my bike and adjusted the brakes a little in preparation for a Tuesday commute to work. This is a big reason I wanted the road tires, so I was excited to see that today was going to be a bit cooler with a very slight chance of rain.
On the road tires, I made the 11-mile trip in 45 minutes. (That’s 15 minutes better than I did it with the mountain tires.) We’ll see how the trip home goes…I seem to remember more uphill on the way back.
I got 30 miles on Sunday, and I’ll get 22 today. Maybe I’ll copy Richard and go for 300 miles in 30 days. I’m not sure I could do it, but it’d be fun seeing how close I could get.
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Time to buy a bike computer to keep track of all these miles you’re logging.
Oh, and it is uphill most of the way home–have fun!
DO IT!
I think uphill counts for twice the miles…?
So…you ride a bike now? Are you…uh…skinny? My world is so shaken right now, you have no idea.