Lisa and I headed out on the tandem again for our first peleton experience as a tandem team. We screwed up at the beginning because Lisa (who couldn't see the wheel in front of me) kept pushing me into that wheel. I ended up braking to show her when we were going to fast, but I had forgotten that braking in a peleton is a definite no no. After the guys behind us got rightfully mad at us (me...and we didn't know them) we settled into communicating better and getting used to drafting. After that the ride went very well. We communicated a lot and enjoyed the beneft of the peleton. We went from Mtn Green up East Canyon to the top of Big Mountain and then back down and over the hogsback and to Hennefer and Echo and almost to Coalville before we turned around and headed back over the hogsback and down East Canyon and over the river and through the woods. 104 miles in all. Over 5k elevation gain. Good climbing and best of all, I was able to do this after the tough mountain workout and soreness of the previous day. It was also very cool because we were able to spend a lot of time at the front pulling the peleton because of the power of two on a tandem. Great day! |