Nice report cf. When you mentioned climbing I had to laugh a little. Not at you, but me. I went on a charity ride 2 weeks ago and it had a lot of climbing. It was fun, but a lot of hard work. I liked going down hill at 35 mph, but up hill was another story. I had my maximum heart rate pegged at 170 bpm several times. I was telling the guy at the shop about it and he laughed and told me, that's the area they train for the Iron Man. I said I can see why. At least I found a place why I can do some hill climbs. I'm going to go there more often. I probably could write a whole page on the ride, but I'll just say it was a blast. I had my camera and didn't take one shot. I will the next time I go.