After 4 years I have finally been able to ride the Mountain Populaire, a 100k ride starting in Issaquah and tackling many of the local hills. I’ve had a variety of conflicts over the past number of years but everything worked out this year. The ride starts climbing straight away with Zoo Hill, the steepest climb of the ride, so there’s essentially no warmup.
My new wheels worked well and climbing seemed a bit faster (as did descending). I did my usual mix of riding with people for some of the time and riding solo for the other half of the time.
The ride wasn’t as tough as I’d expected, some of the Native Planet loops are tougher, but it was still a nice day out.
Next up this weekend is a climb up Paradise with Native Planet.
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