Originally Posted by
BengeBoy
Thanks for the summary, Cliftongk1. During yesterday's ride, I was wishing that I had switched to 28c tires on my bike (I'm running 25c's) because of the chipseal. Your comments make me think, though, that bigger tires might not have helped that much (don't you have 35's on your Crosscheck?). Now I'm wondering whether changing to 28c's would be that helpful or not...I may just let my current tires wear out.
BTW, that hill toward the end was demoralizing -- I thought we were done climbing. When I went up the hill, one guy was walking; there was a photographer at the top getting pictures of us all suffering.
I run 28's, but they're Conti Ultra Gatorskins so they run narrow. People say that the 28's run about like 25's. My wrists were really achy, and by the time I got home I had some wicked forearm cramps.
I don't think I saw the photographer, but if he was there, he got a good pic of me and keithm0. About halfway through the turn on the hill I saw that it kept going up, got really mad about it, looked at keithm0 and said "Eff this hill" and turned up what little steam I had left in me.
My commute to work this morning helped work out some of the kinks, but my legs are still a little tight in places. Can't figure out what it is about the positioning on the X-check, but I get sore muscles at the inside top of the groin after a lot of climbing; similar to doing a steep mountain climbing hike like Mount Si.