Saturday, May 23, 2026

2026 Diablo Day 22 - Saturday Morning Junction

I got Roxanne's road wheelset installed on Thursday, took her for a cruise on Friday, and up Diablo on Saturday.  With the light wheels she handles pretty much like a relaxed road bike. While I miss the aggressive handling and uncomfortable efficiency of a racing bike - I'm accepting that comfort is more important to my aging corpus. I was a little surprised though that my Junction time was about the same as any hard effort - hardly any weight penalty and lower gears help with the steep bits.

Roadkill Report: Alameda Whipsnake below the Kiosk.

Wildlife Encounter: a turkey looked like it was in a cage near Buckeye Group Camp - I stopped on the way back down for a photo and the cage was empty - maybe he was behind the cage and I was mistaken.

Lots of glory for Memorial Day




I hung with these guys for about a mile.

The empty turkey cage

Hey, that looks like a Trek Checkpoint SL5 - available at your local Trek dealer.

I look so modern with a bike from this century.


Oh yeah, Tesla terrorist got a good yelling at.


These things are so beautiful when they're racing - this was sad.


Check out all this cool data on my new Garmin 1050:  I especially like the gear indicator, even though it doesn't say what your cogs are, you know if you have any left.  Posed in highest gear because that's how I roll... downhill.


Also, the app keeps track of how much time you spent in each gear - how did I ever ride without this info?




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