Originally Posted by
trailangel
I think you need to ride a bit more than Florida. Practice on Freeway overpasses.
your making incredibly unfounded assumptions about me.
I grew up racing in West Virginia. I have a second home in Western North Carolina, where I ride regularly. I've done a number of endurance gravel races including Dirty Kanza. I've raced in California, and Colorado ( including winning a stage of Everest Challenge with 13,000 feet of climbing).
I've also ridden in Italy, Spain and France,including many of the TDF HC climbs in the Pyranees, and the Alps. So your assumption that my perspective is limited to riding in Florida is wrong.