2-Slice Hilly
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2-Slice Hilly
Yes, that is a play on words taken from the movie, "The Help". Every season I chart a hill ride that is progressively "worse" than before. Today was only a 40mi ride looping through our lovely upnorth county. There are two biggies with a whole bunch of pesky little ones that grew larger by time we were on the homestretch. There were 3 of us on the ride and had a blast. I am going to be a beast on Monday's ride.
I took a pic to share the scenery:
I took a pic to share the scenery:
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I hate hills. I live in Vermont so that's a problem. I know some riders love hills. In fact, one group yesterday tackled six gaps in a day. I can't imagine doing one. Good for you that you like climbing.
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You can't ride around here without finding hills and you can't go down them until you ride up them.
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This was the first ride I've had where after a 5mi warmup up on the flats, there was zero level ground the next 35. We had a false flat for 4mi that is an optical illusion where you just cant figure out why you have to be in the small chainring. I checked the elevation on the GPS and we were clicking off 1 foot of climb every 30 feet but nothing on the horizon to clue us in.
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