Went out to Luton for a ride this morning. With another warm forecast for this week, I knew the snow was going to melt and get slushy/muddy - and the trail would be closed for awhile. I have never been out to Luton for a ride in winter, so figured what the heck - with all the talk about Fat Bikes around here I figured there would be plenty of tracks for me to follow. Negative. One set of tracks and they only lasted for about 1.5 miles of my 2.0 miles of riding. Stuck to the green loop and blue loop only as it turned out to be kind of tough for the ol' cross bike today. My thumbs were cramping and it was as if I were riding drunk in pure sand. If you strayed anywhere off the 6-8" wide fat bike track and shoe prints from runners/walkers, you were toast. I had to walk for the last half mile as the trail was way too fluffy and not packed down by nothing more than 4 sets of shoe prints.
Here's some funny stats:
2 miles ridden
1/2 mile walked
4.7mph average (ha!)
20 miles driven in car
Yeah, pretty pathetic. Although my bike did get a bath afterwards due to massive slush and salt spray during transport.
Oh well. It was still sweet to be out there in pure silence - and to be the only idiot on a skinny tire bike.
Slush wheels after transport to lot.
Blue Loop first bridge crossing.
Orange/Blue connector.
Green loop return to parking lot. This was the section I walked.
I thought I could sit on this log for a rest for awhile. Turned out to be pretty rotten and down I went.
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