A Winter Wonderland

After traveling (driving) all week on business, the last thing I wanted to do was to hop in the car and drive to race in the frosty toes. Congrats to the guys that did go.
Gary, Sadie & I decided to take SS bikes out on the tow path for a couple of hours.

True to form, Satan & Gary arrive 40+ minutes late (note to self - say a hour b/f the actual ride and they should be on time).
:-)
They arrive with 'Cross bikes instead of Single Speeds and Gary still has his training slicks on his bike. More on that later.
Great sunny weather and when we get to the trail, it's covered in snow, some hard pack and some soft messy stuff. Gary is suffering like a dog trying to keep the forward momentum going forward. It hurt just to watch him. Sadie was having trouble going through it also on the 'cross bike so we switched bikes and I let her use the Bianchi SISS while I rode her C-Dale Cross bike.
Instead of putting Gary through 6 more miles of hell, we decided to ride back via Riverview Road and switch back bikes. Let's just say that the next 8 + miles of climbing up the hills on the way back to Brecksville hurt on the single speed. 32/16 was how I was roll'n on 2.4 tires.
:-)

Steaks and Liter Glasses of Heine Lite was our treat when we got back.

18+ miles total, almost 2 hours of riding....

Thanks for Reading,
Rick