New Bike Break In On The Cohutta Cat!
A couple weeks after TNGA Eric, who had interviewed me after the race, invited me to do the Cohutta Cat route credit card touring style. I had wanted to do it for a while now and was free that weekend, so I was in! A couple weeks before the start, Binary shipped me an incredible almost complete build kit with just a few parts needed from my Scott. Too excited to make the wise decision to ride the bike I was used to, I brought both bikes to the shop on Monday, planning to leave for the start Thursday afternoon. I didn’t get it back until after work on Wednesday, and it poured all day, so I got it set up as best as I could without riding it. On Thursday I had a few minutes to pedal around the neighborhood before packing. Initial impressions were that hardtails were a lot harder than I remembered, but it was tons of fun and very smooth. I drove up to Chatsworth that evening where I slept in my mom’s car in the Ingles parking lot. Some fine accommodations. I realized when I got there ...