Group ride up Village Park Drive!
Okay, so on Michael’s suggestion we thought a preview was in order of the Village Park Drive climb, and what we found was one heck of a climb! Somewhere around 3 miles in total (I forgot to check the distance once I reached the top as my legs were burning enough to numb the brain a little!) Michael, Mary, Anthony (need to recruit him into the ride!) Marc and I spent the better part of 2 hours riding from the I-90 lid in Seattle, across Mercer Island, through Factoria and Easgate and then up and over Cougar Mt and back via a short loop through Lakemont Park and back to Seattle.
Took a little video clip once we made it down the hill and were spinning along on our way back…
Over all ride was 27 miles, average 13.5 mph. We hit the Village Park climb at mile 11 and hammered up the climb best we could. I myself had to stop once… that 42/28 combo might be a bit too small a gear for me so will have to look into a bigger spread on the rear cog! The decent off of Cougar Mt. clocked a couple of us at 48mph! That was great after that climb, that’s for sure. Just over 2 hours of riding as a group of 5, and we are really looking forward to the next ride.
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