Had an Epic Ride this morning of the Elite Mega Advanced variety. Timed every light, didn't have to stop or put my foot down once. Didn't shift out of my high gear.
I got so excited that I sprinted the whole way to work, and was well winded by the time I got there.
It wasn't a perfectly Lawful ride. I Idahoed all the four way stops. And the two way stops for that matter. And I did run a red light, but it's a red light that I always have to run anyway because the sensors won't recognize my bike. So, in all, a pretty Unlawful ride.
But no stopping, no shifting! Shazam!
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Epic Ride
Legendary Epic Ride! Of the No-Foot-Down variety: didn't have to stop once. Not for any traffic, not at any intersection. Gnarly. That was the first time I've been able to do that. Eight miles of straight trucking.
It's easiest to do that Saturday mornings because
It was a close call at Colorado because that light is so awful. I had to ride up to the crosswalk button, mash it in passing, and then do loops in the 7-11 parking lot till I saw the light start to change. Then I was like, "NOW! GO! GO! GO!" (you know, to myself) and I made it.
It's easiest to do that Saturday mornings because
- nobody's on the roads, and
- on my eastbound (morning) path, I don't have to cross Downing, making Federal and Colorado the only major intersections I have to contend with.
It was a close call at Colorado because that light is so awful. I had to ride up to the crosswalk button, mash it in passing, and then do loops in the 7-11 parking lot till I saw the light start to change. Then I was like, "NOW! GO! GO! GO!" (you know, to myself) and I made it.
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