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08-21-04, 06:37 PM
Ahhhh. Back in good ol' Blacksburg, Va. I've been looking foward to this for months. Finally back where I can train in the hills. Suffering! Pain! Gravity!
After being back in flat Prince George for so long, I'd forgotten what a hill looks like. The "Wall" back there was a 400 yard 7.5% grade bump. Here's it's just leg-scorching mountain after leg-scorching mountain.
I'm rather pleased about my condition, however. Last fall before I left I had the Fuji with a triple and a 13-26 in the rear (7 speed). I was pretty much in the granny ring for all the hills. Now, with my Cannondale (pronounced Kahn-ahn-dahl-lay. It sounds more elegant.), I can keep in in the 39/23 the whole way up. Granted, it's at about 70 RPM, but it works!
No point to this, I guess, but I had to tell somebody.
Cole
After being back in flat Prince George for so long, I'd forgotten what a hill looks like. The "Wall" back there was a 400 yard 7.5% grade bump. Here's it's just leg-scorching mountain after leg-scorching mountain.
I'm rather pleased about my condition, however. Last fall before I left I had the Fuji with a triple and a 13-26 in the rear (7 speed). I was pretty much in the granny ring for all the hills. Now, with my Cannondale (pronounced Kahn-ahn-dahl-lay. It sounds more elegant.), I can keep in in the 39/23 the whole way up. Granted, it's at about 70 RPM, but it works!
No point to this, I guess, but I had to tell somebody.
Cole