CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@the5thColumnist @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite Last few years I've been riding a Cannondale Scalpel SE1 (120/120 downcountry). I think it is perfect for our area. Light enough to race (both my son and I raced it), but enough suspension to handle the types of trails that I like to ride (nothing too crazy). I ride it while doing my mountain bike team coaching.

Having kids grow up biking we've gone through a lot of bikes, and I still have too many of them. I ride them once in a while. Giant Anthem (fast, harsh), Giant XTC hardtail (fast, even harsher), Pivot March 4sl (son's latest race bike, definitely fast, somewhat harsh, expensive), Canyon Spectral (all-mountain, fun, somewhat heavy). My emtb is a Pivot Shuttle (pricey, but bought it used for half price, very fun).

@the5thColumnist @ascentale @xtaran @bikenite I can ride my regular bike on this, but it is a lot more challenging. I'll be in zone 5 by the top. ebike is definitely preferred.

@FourT4 @xtaran @bikenite @ascentale Hearing Highcliffe-on-Sea mentioned brings up memories. I had British parents. Growing up we would visit England every summer to see relatives who were scattered around. We eventually decided to buy a flat in Milford-on-Sea as a home base for those visits, just along the coast from you. We had it from the 70s to maybe 10 years ago. Lots of fond memories of the shingle beaches, walking into town and along the cliffs, shopping in Lymington, etc.

@ascentale @xtaran @bikenite A1. #BikeNite At home in Ventura County, California. I wasn't aware that there was a winter bike to work day. I mostly WFH, but there is an interesting way to get to our office using 90% trails. Not exactly an easy route, even on an ebike, due to rockiness. You need to stay focused. The route via the road isn't awful, but I prefer trails.

I use the trail route once every few months or so to do maintenance on a computer server. There is one semi-official section of trail on that route that I spend time maintaining. It turns into a creek when it rains (photo).

I think I mentioned last week that I was ordering a replacement battery for my ebike. That arrived and the battery is new, as advertised, so I'm happy about that. I got about a 30% increase in range.