David Singlespeed Unrau

I managed to make it out to the Hydro Cut mountain bike trails last night for the first time this season.   Highly recommended!  The trails were VERY busy but in excellent shape. The layout of the trails is amazing. I did a fast circuit with Eva, Ricky and Taby (for part!) and never really noticed the high traffic volumes due to the directional layout and frequent crossing points. If you haven’t ridden these trails – you need to!  Many thanks to Igor Dragoslavic and the Waterloo Cycling Club for all the hard work maintaining, improving and advocating these trails.  This is an excellent spot for singlespeeding.  The flow of the trails is a joy to ride on a singlespeed, with some good climbs, but nothing that should reduce you to walking!

Beautiful weather today. It was sunny, around 20 and with a bit of wind out of the south east. Adam and I headed out for a road ride fro Campbelleville. We ended up doing around 115km in 4 hours. Here is the route:

I was riding my custom carbon True North Cycles road bike. I just love this bike. For how responsive it feels, I’m amazed at how comfortable it is on long rides.

The weather was passable on Saturday, so we managed to get a bunch of people together for a 100km ride. We started in downtown Hamilton and wound up over Nemo and Rattlesnake to Campbellville before heading back.

100km Ride from Hamilton

We tried to hit as many hills as convenient – ending up with a good hilly ride for around here. As my first long ride since getting back from South Carolina, it felt pretty flat though!

Vertical profile from Hamilton 100km ride.

The weather was cold, but not windy, and no precipitation. Once we were moving it was good to be out. A bit of sun to start with, but then cloudy. The route was pretty good. Traffic was light except along Centre street, which we took from Mountsberg down through Flamboro Centre. The only problem with the ride was the nutbar on the fixed gear bike that we just couldn’t shake:

Just kidding. That’s Tricky Ricky from Ricky’s Whacky World of Wheels and Stuff. But yes, he is on his fixed gear.

An epic day as our last day of riding. Sunny, warm, a little breeze. Today we road from Table Rock park, up Ceasar’s Head, through back roads to Sassiffrass (sp?) Mountain, then back down to Rocky Bottom and Back. No traffic to speak of. 90 km of riding. 1650m of climbing. Over 85 kph on the decsents. What more could you ask for? I rode on some 25C tires today. They were awesome on the rough chip and tar back roads, and super descending. Here is the route:

…and here is the vertical profile:

The two kicks on Sassiffrass Mountain are around 14%, while Caesar’s head is a mere 6-7%.