El Cyclista

06.05.11

From The Saddle: Brad + Ritte + Hills

Brad showed up for today’s jaunt around the Berkshire hills with a lot of new bling. The theme for the day seemed to be “Accents Of Red“. Between the, look at the red blurring action of my feet, to the pollen pushing bushes all over the hills. His Ritte Bosberg looks pretty slick built up. We both spent the day on Williams wheels, Brad on a set of 58s and me on a set of super fly 22s. We both head over to France on June 15th to ride in the Alps, so we spent a lot of time on strategy (see bullshitting). If the the hills are steeper here (steeper ones at 14-16%, and the lovely Burnett Road at a lung busting 22-24%) if that will make up for the fact the climbs over there are 5 times longer. Conclusion: No.