Today, rather than head north, I headed south into Virginia to scout out some new places to ride. The weather was overcast but pretty humid because of the storms pushing through from Isaac. The route I took southward consisted of mostly dirt/gravel roads which were quite rough for the tires I'm running on the Peugeot, 700x28C (28-622), but actually measure 26mm wide when checked with a caliper. In any case, I stayed the course and rode into Purcellville to take a couple pictures of Velo Classique and then to grab a bite to eat at the local diner. The length of the ride was 33.5 miles with 1359 feet of ascent over the ride.
As I was eating, some light rain pushed in, so as I got back onto the bicycle, I was happy that a few miles of the ride were going to be on the W&OD Trail which is mostly covered with greenery and would help keep me dry. Fortunately as I was getting off the trail, there wasn't really any rain and I continued pushing northward toward home, though the skies were growing darker as the ride progressed. A bit north of Waterford VA, it began raining and became progressively heavier as I got closer to Lovettsville. By the time the ride was over, I was pretty soaked, but in pretty good spirits having explored some new places where I can do more rides in the future.
As an aside, this is the second ride I've taken on the Peugeot since I put a drop bar back onto the bicycle. I'll repeat what I said before: I like the new setup a lot - enough that I may pop for a bar-end shifter to replace the twist shifter. I also think the headset needs to be adjusted a bit as the front-end is a bit floppy, thought that may be due to the heavy dyno/brake hub installed on the bike. Perhaps a steering stabilizer will work too...
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