Ok, found it.

Here's a profile view of the bridge.  Photobombed by the snow cloaked Olympics.  Showoffs!


4100 feet of this up hell .

French bike rack...


And stone crazy...



 

Good God.

Your bike is pretty new isn't it, you must be riding the hell out of it trying to keep up with Benny.

wow, tha's rode muddy and put away muddy. I would think the derailleur is more delicate than the cassette, though, obviously, the cassette is transmitting the power.  I'm fine with the cassette I have, not happy with the derailleur or shifter or both.  in high gear, or next to high gear, it's clanky and shifty under power.  Not that I'm under power on high very much.  My bike is very, very much more of a crawler  than a zoomer.  I think the phone bike app logged 21.4 mph once, with a tailwind downhill deserted road.  On the way to work, the big bridge downhill is fast enough but way way way too narrow to let'er roll.

I've looked at the Prime 9 from Box and the Box One or Box Two cassette/derailleur sets with keen interest, but I think I'll wear this one out first before I double the cost of the bike with a drivetrain upgrade.

Side note, I'm definitely getting stronger.  When it gets truly hot later in the year, I think I'll be suffering on the way home, but now it's just a hard ride home.

This bicycle commuting is like good hot sauce.  It feels so, so good when you stop.

Just ridin a 1x now, only have a rear derailleur.  I think the chainring in the front is a 34t, but no derailleur.  Much simpler, and I have plenty of mobility.  I definitely don't have a high top speed, but that's not how I ride or why I bought this bike, so, it works out.

Scottish Cycling Develops 'Trail Therapy' Mental Health Program
https://www.pinkbike.com/news/interview-and-press-release-scottish-cycling-develops-trail-therapy-mental-health-program.html

The four main elements of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy are mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Mountain biking requires focus and mindful awareness just to stay on your bike. We are also exposed to distress tolerance by the challenges presented as we ride and learning to understand that those challenges will eventually pass is crucial. Emotional regulation is important for people whose emotional states are less stable than others, and on the bike, supported by skilled therapists, they can work on controlling their more extreme feelings about what is happening around them.

Tied directly to emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness refers to our ability to assert our needs and desires in a kind way while interacting with other people. Stress and fear can affect the way anyone communicates, and learning to better conduct yourself in these situations while experiencing those feelings while riding will help you do so in the rest of life.

For the history...

https://homepages.abdn.ac.uk/nph120/meteo/Bicycles.pdf


 

Danny is at it again.

 

Ouchie bro.

They are good examples of the trail construction, unfortunately pictures don't really translate the flow in that part of the trail system. As a rider, the interesting thing is the planning that has gone into it. The last time I ran that section, I was able to absolutely tear through it because I realized that all the curve exits set me up beautifully to handle the next entrance.