Riding the Monster

45 miles in 4 hours and loved every minute of it even if I can hardly walk up the stairs now. Rode the road down and trails back up.  Makes me wonder how I rode for all those years earlier without flared drop bars!  Highlight was cleaning a nasty rock garden on my rigid drop bar 2-9er that two guys on 6" full squish gravity rigs were struggling with. The look on there faces was priceless.  Its not the bike, its the rider people.