This Sunday's ride 1/2. Did
this trail (did it in the opposite direction of what is shown in the tracklog) in the central Brazilian highlands.
Some funny looking birds
Now this is where the motor broke down. About 25 km into the ride, it's 10:30 and the sun starts to be quite strong, about 3/4 into a 3km 9% average climb with some sections well over 15% on some loose rocky stuff.
My 34x26 low gear forces me to hammer out of the saddle on those steepest sections and it drains me rather quickly... other bikers of the group are spinning it in their 22x34 setups. That's way too low of a gear for my taste, but I wouldn't spit on a 30 front chainring by 30 or 32 rear cog.
Those were my thoughts while I was sitting on the floor next to my bike in this little shade. A bottle of gatorade, a bottle of water and some nougat squares got me going again after some minutes.
The climb that killed me:
How much more of it behind this curve and how much worse does it get?
A lonely horse at the top.
A hawk in action:
