Strada Fango v2.0 was this past weekend. It almost was for naught as the original course was still buried in snow. If we had been on the original course ( and the ATV trails) I would have take the Scalpel. But since the word on the street was that this was a "gravel" thing, I took the CX bike.
Start was fast. Lead group was whittled down to 6 pretty quick, with Swanson and Lillie (on a SS MTB!) leading the charge. I was able to hang in until we hit the glacier road. 4 miles of riding through either snow melt or praying that you do not break through the ice crust. the group of 6 split, Lillie, Swanson and a Ski-haus rider were gone. I yoyo-ed with Tim from Duluth for the next 10 miles until I shifted over cassette. He got out of sight, but would miss the next turn. So I got to ride 40 miles by myself, which is a great when you are on soft, wet sand roads that attempt to suck you down. It was a character building ride, to say the least.
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| My trying to avoid swampy mud was for naught, as I would find out. |
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I did notice the lever throw of the disc brakes grow considerably after the swampy sections, but I never ran out of braking power. The OEM brakes that Cannondale specs uses organic pads. I was not thrilled about this, but will look for some metallic aftermarket pads.
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| Bar plug down! |
All thing considered, it was a great day. We had awesome weather, and I got to hang with some great people afterwards. Big thanks to the Strada crew for putting on a great event.
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| Lot of Character building went on. |
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