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Gravelish: Old Caz 'Hopper. Yeeeehaaaaw! • 1/27/18

I’m still getting used to this MonsterCX bike, but man, SO much easier to get around this course on it than with the full suspension mountain bike I used last year. SO much fun! I knocked 30 minutes off of my time from last year, and that still included stopping to help someone with a flat (which I also did last year) and stopping to take a bunch of pictures (which I also did last year.)

The Officially Serious Bicycle Ride last week was a good shakedown test: I learned there that I needed lower gearing, and wanted a dropper post (once a mountain biker, always a mountain biker, I guess.) I managed to get both of those added before Old Caz, and that helped up the fun factor tremendously. 

The weather was much warmer this year than last, so I was able to leave my heavier jacket in the car. I did bring a light windbreaker, but never used it. I traded my camelbak for a bar bag and a couple of water bottles, and that worked very nicely. Nice not to have that thing on my back over the course of a long day.