On Saturday, the Preacher and I headed out to do the Emigrant Gap trail. We wanted a bit of a longer ride (22 miles vs. 18 miles) so we started from the picnic area parking lot and headed for Stampede Reservoir. As you can see we did officially make it to the reservoir.
En route to this turn around point only minimal gears were used. You see that pretty red bike that the Preacher recently acquired only has 1 gear. To be a good sport I chose not to shift (ok, I shifted between 2 gears...19 and 21 tooth respectively....the Preacher has a 20 tooth cog). This endeavor proved to be an ass kicking experience for me. I don't know what was up, but the energy just wasn't there and the Preacher was out front and apparently riding on the almighty's coat tails!
This was about as close as I could keep him!
Amazingly, on such a beautiful day for riding, traffic was almost non-existent! The scenery wasn't too bad either.
We always keep a few "carrots" to motivate us to finish the ride strong. In this case they were in the form of Sierra Nevada Torpedoes! For the record, after a granola bar and a GU at the turn around I preformed a lot better on the return trip. The Preacher still had the stronger legs though.
Interestingly, this new bike is his first 29er. His downhill skills definitely improved compared to his full suspension 26er.....so whether it's the geometry, wheel size, or suspension, this bike is definitely his friend! So anyway, that was my weekend exploit. Hope yours was just as much fun!
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