I tried them out initially on the Bianchi and found clipping in to be a challenge so I took the cleats off and installed the shim that comes with the cleats and that made all the difference. Later in the day I headed out on the 'Horse to give the new shoes a thorough test and they were great. In fact, what better way to break in new shoes than to do a little a TM along the way. I decided to do something about the one stream crossing on the Mulikin Trail that I hit on the past two rides and got thoroughly covered in mud.
I should have taken a picture of the new crossing but I was running late and did not. It rides like a skinny because it's one line of rocks that I pulled from all over. This fall I will try to widen it with more flatter rocks but for now it's passable. Of course the new shoes got to taste a lot of mud and dirt while assembling this new crossing.
Below is a pretty accurate profile of the Upper Gussy Trail. Of course, I thought the trail was much longer than 1.7 miles but this profile, at least for elevation, seems pretty accurate in comparison to the topography maps.
Here is a map of today's ride - kind of looks like a Dinosaur. Basically it's the Echo Valley Loop with a section of the Mulikin, and then climb back to the fire road, and then do the big climb, which I am not 3 for 3. I guess I need to take the Fetish out and see if I can climb it with that bike. In it's current configuration, rigid 69er, I don't think I have done it yet. Maybe on Sunday, I will take it out and see about trying the climb. The Fetish has been sitting in the garage with the rear wheel off for a couple of weeks now. I think it's about time I put it back together and get some more miles on the bike.
Again, another wacky profile. In fact, it's backwards. Not sure why that is happening, have to see if I am doing something wrong on GPSVisualizer. Higher elevations are pretty accurate this time around but on the final back down Sanford and Tamarack showing a much higher elevation is way off compared to the way in. I think it might have something to do with speed because on the way out I was moving.
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