It is a very shitty winter so far here in
Anchorage and I cannot believe that I got back on the trainer. Yup! Back on the
trainer! Major suckage!
There are several parts of a year when riding
outside might be worse than biking on a trainer. It is usually the spring break
up when everything is melting and short period after bike cross season is over
in fall and winter did not freeze the ground yet. These two parts of the year
are expected hence you are somehow fine to go on the trainer.
Well it seems like that Mother Nature decided to give us another chance to get on trainers, but this time during the winter!! There is so much ice out there that even if you have studs you are not gonna get a good ride in without breaking something.
So after couple trainer rides I needed to get out on the snow. Lucky for me a lot of my bike friends were itching for snow as well. After couple heated conversations about the proper location to find the best snow we were heading to Big Lake area to pre ride the Little Su 50K course.
The weather was perfect that day, partially sunny, 17-33 degrees and almost no wind. The first part of the ride just about couple miles was very icy, but once you get little further into the bush than conditions were amazing. The ride was fast without any bike pushing. Views were grand! It was a needed change from the trainer.
Well it seems like that Mother Nature decided to give us another chance to get on trainers, but this time during the winter!! There is so much ice out there that even if you have studs you are not gonna get a good ride in without breaking something.
So after couple trainer rides I needed to get out on the snow. Lucky for me a lot of my bike friends were itching for snow as well. After couple heated conversations about the proper location to find the best snow we were heading to Big Lake area to pre ride the Little Su 50K course.
The weather was perfect that day, partially sunny, 17-33 degrees and almost no wind. The first part of the ride just about couple miles was very icy, but once you get little further into the bush than conditions were amazing. The ride was fast without any bike pushing. Views were grand! It was a needed change from the trainer.
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