Originally Posted by DaveLeeNC

I went out for a 2'ish hour ride on Tuesday. This was not anything special and I was on my "commuter wheels/tires" which are 20 year old, 32 spoke Mavic wheels with Gator Hardshell tires. At least on this ride I was not toting my messenger bag with chain lock inside.

I got a Garmin 520 for Christmas and had been playing with Live Strava Segments. I had defined a lightly rolling 3.2 mile segment that I often ride but is typically avoided by local cyclists. It ends on a 4 lane, divided highway (speed limit 55) and while that sounds uninviting, it has a 3+ foot wide shoulder (road is only a year old) that is absolutely the smoothest/fastest piece of pavement that I ride on. The cars don't have to budge to get around you (and it isn't that busy anyway) plus it is less than 2 miles to unlimited "true country cycling" to the east of West End, NC. So I am on it a bunch.

I had a steady 5 or better mph tailwind and maybe 1/4 mile into the ride I was 2 seconds ahead of my PR without working that hard. So I thought "what the heck" and put my (66 year old, not all that lethal) hammer down and ended up with a KOM on that segment. Note that there have been only 19 riders total on this segment - like I said in the Subject: line :-)

So if anybody wants a cheap/easy KOM, just head over to "Foxfire To 211" https://www.strava.com/segments/10750719

dave