Busted In DeLuz Permanent-R

Busted In DeLuz Garmin Stats

A little foggy for the ride-in to LaCosta. Left the Circle K at 0700 and hit the coast easy like. Only picked up one racer going north and tagged along to Carlsbad. Met Michigan George at the O'side Pier at 0800. We rode the O'side Bike Path all the way to Hwy. 76 and jumped on for the quick ride to Bonsall. Since we were doing the "reverse" route, no real jumbo climbs on the way to Rainbow and Temecula.

Took a short break at Carl's Jr for Ice Cream Sandwich(cheapest thing they have for receipt) and headed the back way around up to Rancho California Rd. Did the DeLuz Road under perfect weather. George kept saying the weather was so great... He's here for a month from Michigan, that's why!

On the backside of Sleeping Indian climb, George ran out of gears on the shortie 15% climb. He kept saying he had a 11-28 cluster on the rear. That didn't look right, so we stopped at the SLR Bike Path and I check it out... SRAM 11-25! No wonder he was gassed! Back to Nytro for a real 11-28. Just under 100 miles. George said he never rode this long in decades. He's feeling good on his new Scott carbon.

I left George near his daughters home in O'side and picked up a racer guy on a Masi Carbon hammering south. He took off and was keeping ahead at 25mph. Young dude with cargo shorts. After he was cooked, I went around him before LaCosta Ave and told him how fast he was. He said "It was really fun"!

At LaCosta finish, I took off and went the back way via Rancho Santa Fe climbing back to San Marcos before dark. Ultegra 6701 chain is stretched out 1/8" already. Re-lube with Beoshield with quiet it down some. Prob. need to rebuild new 13-30 cassette too. Front chain ring doesn't look too great either$ Seems like stuff only lasts a few months anymore.

-go figure