RAAm Day One continuedStill I believe going conservative was helpful to …
RAAm Day One continuedStill I believe going conservative was helpful to keep power as expected. I made it perfectly fine through the mountains in California. Also did the so named Glass Elevator a bit more careful this year. Last year almost had a collision with a Fedex truck and was not willing to take unnecessary risks. Switched bikes to TT bike shortly after Christmas Circle. The idea was good but could have waited a bit longer to avoid the minor climbing at first 5-10 miles after that. Still was happy with handling on the TT bike. Went great into second day but admit heat was something special. Many say its dry heat and not too bad ... I disagree .. dry heat has some ad side effects since we do not feel like we should drink. So I ask the crew to remind me every 15 minutes to keep drinking. As annoying those reminders have been to me. Also crew started to cool me down a bit. So that was great. Did ok distance for first 24 hours and cannot really complain. Crew start getting a feeling of it during night direct follow and daytime leapfrogging. Would I do it different on next attempt? Maybe ... hard to tell since it was to some degree a successful start and I was able to stick with my initial plan. https://youtu.be/79xcTqfSMzs
