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Today after work I took a test ride around Stony Creek with the VooDoo Dambala to see how I like riding a rigid single speed on very familiar single track. In short, after letting a bit of air out of the front tire it was all quite great, except for the eventual soreness in my triceps and trapezius. I feel a bit sore, worn out, and beat up, which makes sense seeing as I just rode a rigid bike fairly quickly over ~10 miles (2x Pines, 1x Back Nine, 1x Snake/Coaster, 1x Pines) of sometimes not smooth single track.
While out riding I ran into Marty and some of the REI / MMBA group of new riders she was showing around the trails. I hung around with them for a bit to sweep / watch the folks near the back to be sure everyone was okay, then I took off to ride some more. I offered to show folks around the Roller Coaster, but no one took me up on the offer. As this was group of new riders it was fairly understandable.
The new 19T cog that I acquired and fitted last night did exactly what was intended: allowing me to actually climb hills while still being able to carry a decent speed through familiar parts of trails. Unfortunately, right near the end of the ride I found that one of the movable dropouts had slipped, and on hard corners the tire could be heard rubbing on a chain stay. When changing the cassette yesterday I noticed that a portion of the dropouts was a bit deformed, so I emailed VooDoo Cycles to ask after suggestions or replacements. Tomorrow I’ll straighten things out and tighten stuff down more, but maybe there’s something better to be done that VooDoo can advise on.
Now, time for bed and thought on if I’ll ride this bike or the Titus during Saturday’s Team Tree Farm Relay.
How do you get google maps to do that overlay of what you rode? We’re curious to do that on parts of the trails near the quarry that we ride in, and then parts of Oak Openings for winter skiing! Thanks!
Sarah Adams: I just record a track using the Android app My Tracks, save it to the card as a KML, open it in Google Earth to change the colors and edit it (if needed), then save it back as a KML/KMZ. You then just put the URL to it in the Maps search bar and there’s your map.
Guess I’d have to get an Android then! Ok, thanks!
Sarah Adams: Nope. You can do it with any old GPS that you can get data files out of. They just need to be converted accordingly.