Originally Posted by
Pinyon
Saturday: I'm heading out for a 60-mile ride on a popular local and flat prairie route north of town here (Fort Collins to Rawhide power plant loop).
Sunday: 35-45 mile recovery/slow ride with my local bike club. They have not set a route yet, but I suspect that it will include some climbing in the local foothills.
Rawhide is one of those rides I love to hate (or hate to love, or something like that). The views are good and it is relatively flat, but the chip seal drives me nuts.
On the plus side, you get to see antelope frequently. On the minus side, you can get winds strong enough to knock you off your bike (or at least, s-pazzy riders like yours truly).
Of course, when those winds are at your back, it is a
very sweet deal...