Daily Photo May 4, 2026 at 08:58AM


May 3, 2026. CHEO 2026. This is me at the start of the ride. Apparently I set a number of personal records for the climbs in the Gatineau hills. It felt like a lot more work; I thought the road bike would be better on the hills than my touring bike, and it was but it took a lot more out of me. It's not a race, but there is a time limit. Missed the cutoff to ride the full 100km by about 20 minutes. I wasn't dead last this time; there were three people behind me. #SDDaily. URL: https://ift.tt/mr5Nfe3

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