Post #3 - Ain't Scared of a Little Mud!!

So we had thunderstorms yesterday. Yeah, thunderstorms in January. Pretty weird. Anyway I managed to get out on the new mountain bike today. This is only my third or fourth ride on the bike, and I'm starting to get a good feel for it. I'm a little weird about getting used to new stuff on my bike, let alone a whole new bike. I'll probably come up with a post solely about that bike at some point once I have a good opinion formed on it.

So yeah, rode for an hour and a half or so at Sportsmans Lake. Nice twisty singletrack that has you going up or down at all times, but the longest climb is only like four minutes. Had a good time sliding around in the muck.

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What shoes to wear??? I'm picky about bike stuff. So my brain is going full time on trying to figure out stuff for this summer. Whatever I choose I am pretty much going to be using for 4100 miles, that's a long time if you don't like something. So I've at least settled on the fact that I will be using mountain bike pedals. The reason being that mountain bike shoes have a recessed cleat in the shoe that makes them easier to walk around in. My personal dilemma is do I wear my shoes that I have (race shoes, very stiff sole, snug fit) , or do I get a shoe that has a more flexible sole that would probably be a little more comfortable? I guess I need to put mountain pedals on my road bike and see how they feel on a long hard ride?

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