The sunny (albeit cold) weather today colluded with my getting off work early, and my kids being occupied in gymnastics class to provide the perfect opportunity to get back on the trails.
I headed out to Downes Bowl for a quick ride, not sure what to expect - and was pleasantly surprised with the condition of the trails, and with my own ability to ride them. It seems that switching to shorter cranks for the winter has helped me to keep my strength up, and even improve some. (I had the longer cranks back in today) I was able to climb much better than I could last fall, and the new pedals seemed to give me so much more control! I had a bit if trouble jumping up to one of the bridges though. Guess I wasn't practicing my hopping enough.
Afterwards I rode around the flat trails at the top to cool down, and talked to a man who asked me "where's your dog?" Apparently there's another unicyclist who rides around Downes Bowl with a little Chihuahua.
Hope I can meet him soon and then maybe we can ride some trails together around here!
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