New Saddle, Better Weather, Happy Butt
Watching stage 1 of the Giro di Sicilia the scenery was gorgeous. Maybe someday I can visit there. They are 7 hours ahead of the time here so the race ended earlier than many races plus they were ahead of the projected time. Great racing to inspire my bike ride today.
No route or clothing decisions today. The temperature was several degrees warmer and sunshine provided some extra warmth. I wore shorts, a long sleeve poly t-shirt under a long sleeve jersey. That was a good choice because the NE wind had a chill when I rode in the shade. The wind at the 11:19 AM start was 12 mph with 16 mph gusts and 73 degrees. By the end of the ride at 2:01 PM the wind let up some to 10 mph and the temperature was 76 but the clouds increased from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy limiting the warm sunshine.
Yesterday I installed a new saddle on my Cervelo Caledonia, the Velo Senso TT+ racing. Today was the first ride on it. Because it is not as tall as the BiSaddle I raised the seatpost about 1.5cm. The seat padded area thickness is less than the BiSaddle so I was concerned about the comfort riding on rough asphalt and uneven concrete but at the end of the ride my butt felt good. I am keeping it on the Cervelo for more rides and at least one with more miles. Tomorrow I plan on riding my Lynskey Helix bike with it’s BiSaddle and refresh my memory on how it feels compares to the Velo Senso TT+.
Today’s bike ride was on my Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive route. It has been a week since my last ride to that area. I checked the FM 1960 road construction at Pinehurst Trail Drive and saw a little progress (see the video clips). No change at Atascocita Shores Drive.
According to my AXS.SRAM.com ride report I used the 35×13 gears the most but the 35×15 gears also got more time compared to yesterday.
It’s been awhile since I looked at my cadence data for a ride. Here is today’s cadence breakdown. This is produced by the Chrome browser extension Stravini.
Strava matched a number of other rides with today’s. I wonder how much a ride can vary and still match.
