Saturday I rode a 25 mile loop in the Fall River Mills valley, CA. I started in the town of McArthur, CA, and traveled a counter clockwise loop that basically circles the valley. The air was a crisp and clear condition (39f to 49f) and almost cars on any of the roads. I rode my newly aquired Trek Elance, which felt very comfortable most of the ride, I was getting a little sore at the end. I finished in 1 hour 41 minutes, (I'm a newbie at this). The next day I decided to do the ride again on my new Windsor Wellington 3.0 to see how it felt compared to the older trek. I was surprised to find it took me seven minutes longer on the newer bike. Factors may have included a little head wind on the first 6 miles, I might have been a little fatigued from the first day, it was about 8f colder the second day and maybe it was the bike. I thought I would be a little quicker on the Wellington because of the brifters and being able to shift faster on the descents and climbs allowing me to carry more speed but that doesn't appear to be the case. Anyway, here are some pictures from the ride on Saturday.



Note: Mt Shasta in the background of the first picture.