Spruce

For my birthday ride, took the big bike up Smith Ravine, to Spruce lookout, down 307 long, up 307 short, and back down. Finished in 3.5 hours, and I am worked. That is a lot of tough climbing.













The bike remains very satisfying, to the point of unbelievable. It descends like an anchor. Climbs deliberately, but precisely. I can get up anything I have the legs for.

Explain to my why I got another bike as a birthday present to myself?

Mini review: First ride on Lake MX 165 shoes and they are really really nice. Fit great, no hot spots, and superb for hike-a-bike not that I would admit to doing such a thing (Dave: you listening?)