Subject: RE: 28th Annual Reston Bike Club Century : Official ThreadHilly is right. :- ) Didn't help much that I was having front derailleur issues and couldn't get into my smallest chainring. Smart move would've been to get off the bike, use my hands to put the chain on the small chainring, and keep it there until I got back to Hamilton where a mechanic could fix it. Dumb move (what I did, natch ): tough it out and power through, thinking "hey, it's just a couple miles?" I will definitely drive to Hamilton and ride the north loop when I feel the need for some punishment hill training. |