Bicycle Diaries
30 years riding, 15 years writing
Trek Fuel 70 gets new parts
Mike and Matt of Ultimate Bicycle hooked me up with a new 8 speed rear cassette and a new chain. The rear shock needed more air and the front wheel needed truing. Bought two new water bottles, just need to find some gloves.
I’m ready to start riding in earnest, but the McAlpine is a cyclo-cross event waiting to happen. There’s no way to gather any speed on the trails, they are very bumpy and full of holes and debris. The bridges to the lake are all out, I’m hoping at least one of them gets finished by next week.
distance 10.11 miles, average speed 10.7 mph.
Charlotte, NC
Spent 10 years in Charlotte, a block away from an entrance to the McAlpine Creek Greenway.
Switched to a mountain bike from the road bikes I was accustomed to riding for 15 years.
The time spent on these trails was most appreciated.
Trek Fuel 70
