Needed a short dirt ride today on the Trail Bike. Changed tires over to the bald ones that came with the bike. Need to wear them down. Left San Marcos 7-Eleven at 7:00 and took the bike paths over to Citrus Street and on over to San Pasqual Valley. Fog had lifted and took out the paper vest at the Ysabel Creek Trailhead. Climbed up Raptor Ridge, trying to improve on my stand up style... Didn't have much as I had to sit down to get traction up the 15% section. Bummer. Touched foot down 2 times on the downhill over to Mule Hill Chevron. Nice break and refueled there at 8:30.
Make quick work of the switchbacks and Lusardi Loop. Getting warm over there so I opted for a different route and followed the power lines to the Black Mtn. Park. Made the Shell control in good order. Short stop and down to Los Penasquitos Canyon for a 30 minute trip across and up Roselle Street.
Rose Creek Bike Trail was nice as a racer young dude passed me with a squeaky chain. I got him good on the next climb and asked him "if that was my chain squeaking or his"? He said his as I left him in the dust and hit the Rose Canyon Bike Path. Rose Creek was nice and I followed the Bay cycle route on to Dog Beach 7-Eleven for a blow and some cookies. I iced up there and climbed the always tough Hill Street. Around SD Bay on the bike route and to the finish at Santa Fe Station. The new construction is almost finished around there and looks good. Arrived in good order well before 1:45 PM. Next train north was at 2:15. Cleaned up and hopped the Coaster northward, resting my sore left ankle and stretching out on the way. Got back to San Marcos at 4:13 PM.
Not a bad day and felt OK all day. Good weather and wasn't real not, only 90F on Lusardi Loop.
-randorides.
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