Well, Saturday was the first big ride of the year, the Buena Vista Bike Fest century in Buena Vista, Co. Mother nature cooperated and it was a clear sunny day with temps in the high 60's. Not surprisingly I didn't see any other C&V bikes on the ride but the old Bottecchia handled it in fine form. I was more than a bit concerned as this winter dragged on well into what should have been Spring and left precious little time to build up some mileage in preparation (and I loathe in-door trainers). I made some event specific changes to the bike to tailor my gearing to the anticipated climbing, replacing my Campagnolo Nuovo Record derailleur with a more or less period correct Campagnolo 1st generation Rally long cage derailleur and a 14-34 (yes that's three-four) freewheel. Here's the Bott at the top of Tennesee pass, elevation 10,424-ft (3177-m I think).