Originally Posted by Robert Foster

Tuesday I was supposed to do a short recovery ride with two friends. I was going to meet them on a road I had never been on and we were supposed to gust sort of cruise along. Well I got the meeting place and they coldn't make it so I decided to ride the road myself. I live in a Valley and it turns out the road was one climbing out of that same valley. I believe ia had ot climb for better than an hour before I got to where I could stop and Text to the guys that I was bushed. They told me I had already done the hard part but I decide the best bet was to ride home. Climbing is not my idea of recovery no matter how slow it is. But it was a beautiful day and the ride down the hill was worth it.

I was on my Masi and I had never tried a flat bar on a long hill before.


In the background you can see how far the valley floor is.

But for a desert valley it can be pretty green.


But even in the desert we have horse ranches. This one was looking at my bike with suspicion.