CC Ride

Date: June 6 Friday
Mileage: 19 (Crosscheck)
June mileage: 97
Year to date: 679

Took the Crosscheck w/Paselas out for a pleasant morning ride. A couple quick observations are:

• the Paselas rode great. They cornered very smoothly and were quite comfy. To wit, I think the 32c is spot on as well, beefy but not too (like my tractor tire Contis)
• haven't been on a "standard" road bike config in a while. My CC, b/c it's a rather small frame, has a seat that is substantially higher than the bars. I don't know about "substantially", but it's much more like a racing road bike you would buy a la le Lancey Trek or something of that ilk. I found it much less than comfortable. Between the LHT, the Bleriot, the C'dale and an occasional fixie ride, they're all built up with high bars and that's the way I strongly prefer them at this stage. I guess if I decide to ever race 'cross again, and I don't know that I would or wouldn't, it would be good to keep the low bar, but it's tempting to getting something a little higher. Well, the stem at least b/c the steerer tube isn't magically growing.
• The Heat is rising. I rode pretty hard this morning, especially trying to hit the hills in the parks. I'm so lazy anymore; I find the flattest route and poke along, but I need to build some better cycling fitness if I'm to extend my mileage, so I actually "trained" a bit today. After a hard session I sort of got tired, and then realized I was really hot and that I had cottonmouth from a lack of water. Summer in the 'Ville has arrived and to Lakeside we will go.
• I've been meaning to discuss smells lately, b/c the aforementioned heat has brought them out: honeysuckle, ginko (eww!), composting detritus, other flowing stuff I can't recognize. The heat boils these into a stewy mix.
  

Peace to all beings and good roads for my cycling companyeros.