Originally Posted by galen_52657
Since you aclimated to the higher elevation, you rode well. That might have been a big help.
yes, it helped alot. But why would you think the ride a few weeks later back at low altitude was more difficult? I wouldn't say it was due to me having a bad day as I felt the same on both rides. But, the heat that day in AR climbed to near 100 degrees by the time we finished around 11:00 a.m. It just seems to me that it's harder to ride in high temps with high humidity than at dry crisp altitude. Our summers are more brutal than you can imagine. Gives a whole meaning to the smell of road kill.
tomcat