{"id":2677,"date":"2010-07-21T00:06:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-21T04:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/?p=2677"},"modified":"2010-07-21T00:07:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-21T04:07:57","slug":"test-ride-sore-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuxx.net\/blog\/2010\/07\/21\/test-ride-sore-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"Test Ride, Sore Muscles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today after work I took a test ride around Stony Creek with the VooDoo Dambala<\/a> 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<\/a> and trapezius<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n

While out riding I ran into Marty and some of the REI<\/a> \/ MMBA<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

Now, time for bed and thought on if I’ll ride this bike or the Titus<\/a> during Saturday’s Team Tree Farm Relay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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…<\/p>\n

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