Since it was rainy and then full on raining, I took out the steel classic today with fenders. The gearing is equally classic, which means it really sucked to climb anything above 10% and there were several 12 to 15% kickers. To be honest, those were painful. The 5%s weren’t too bad and the flats were a breeze. At mile 20 the sky really opened up, but had tights, a medium jacket and a very light water proof over jacket so was still warm with only 5 to go. On the flats, the old iron is super comfortable, and was able to run between 18 and 19 MPH. Fenders really helped with splatter and not getting the super annoying skunk stripe. Finished the ride in a real downpour and was so happy to get out of, but still was warm - but things were soaking through from the inside and out, so the timing was perfect. Stats: 26 miles, 1700’, at about 16 MPH average. Top speed in the wet: 43 MPH, but the bike and tires are super stable in the wet.


Trofeo del Mundo

Faster than me