Yesterday I hit up my first real back country road ride.  Timo Stark (AKA The German)  invited me out on one of his leisurely paced rides (also first ride in my Hincapie bib shorts… BOMB).  It was awesome!  He cruised along as I gave it my best.  All in all it wasn’t that bad of a ride…. untill we hit the 1000+ foot climb at the end.  I started strong and gave it hell, then slowly turned into a wimpering little girly man!!  Looking forward to fighting that climb again soon.  I ended up riding further than I every had before at about a mile and a half faster average speed than I would have if I was by myself.  This is another great example that you are only going to be as good as the people you ride with.  Moral of this long winded post… Ride hard with people that are better than you and avoid wimpering.

Art work provided by Kyle Steed