First snow ride of the season was a solo effort. Bagged outta work early and left the house on the fixie 96ie with snow still falling. There were some faint hours-old tracks at Belmont when I turned into the trail. Stopped and let lots of air outta the tires. ~20psi F and ~25psi rear.
Farm Field, Log, MC, Old Track, MC, RBB v^v, Belmont.
Most trails had faint tracks from an early rider. Rock Burn Branch left and right sisters had seen recent action before my arrival, but I got some fresh snow on the Rock Burn Branch middle sister descent and saw a giant buck. In addition, I took every extra credit option the trails offered and had freshies on every one;-)
Conditions were perfect. About 2 inches of powdery snow that packed and gave good traction on the climbs. Riding fixed my goal was not to touch the brake or the ground for the whole ride. I only grabbed for brake once on the really steep eroded drop down the closed part of RBB by the creek. Feet only touched the ground for 2 dabs and 3 dismounts for photos. Still, the Shimano pedals gave expected shitty performance and filled up with packed ice by the end of the ride.
That's lemon Gatorade this time;-)
Back in the stable.
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