MrArrow

In my defense I started riding because I endurance ran until I had two broken legs and kept going. I'll have to get a video of the two hills that tower over my rides. I GPS tracked one and the GPS says 100 feet of ascent. Not sure how accurate that is because I'm in a valley. Seemed correct to me though.

Low gear gets it done but almost at a standstill giving it my all. I'm slowly building to commuting to and from my training runs. How do other riders deal with traffic? Both directions to my running trails, while short rides, have dangerous portions. Both also have steep hills that slow it down right as you go around a blind corner. Personally I used to use my tacoma to shield other cyclists and provide escort on these stretches. I just don't have a reliable escort and I'm not sure I've got the balls to do it. Too many people don't give a damn or are on the cell phone. Hell its bad when I train in the 25mph neighborhood which I can keep speed with. People still feel the need to speed up and pass too close.