Originally Posted by
mr,grumpy
Lessons learned today! I was pretty excited that I got my old Ross Bryce Canyon mountain bike all tuned up and adjusted. I took it out on my 6 mile loop and got DUSTED by some guy on his Cannondale road-somethingorother with aero bars. I was trying to keep my cadence up since I'm a fat guy and he was definitely not peddling as fast as I was but he was just so.....smooth. So what did I learn? That riding a mountain bike with 2.1 inch full-on knobbies on the road is HARD! And that I'm still not very fit.
"When you're up to your ass in alligators it's hard to remember the objective was to drain the swamp."
It's so easy to get side tracked. When you started your ride I'm pretty sure your objective wasn't to beat the fellow on the road bike because you didn't know he would be out there. So what was your reason for taking the ride? Fun? Gaining fitness? Whatever it was, did you accomplish that? If so you should be celebrating rather than looking for a cloud to hide the sun.