What a great day! I love this race! We had unbelievable weather and, as expected, Bondo and I were warmly received by the hundreds of bikes. I felt strong all the way the the top. I cramped up right after Summit lake and that was my only dismount. If not for the cramp, I think I would have made the entire 28 mile ascent without a dismount. I credit Scott Wallis and his awesome saddle design with my ability to do this, (lots of practice might have something to do with it.) I did not ride my KH/Schlumpf wheel because there is almost no level or descending terrain in the entire race. After the race, I did end up riding all the way down wishing I had that extra gear.
Bondo had a fun day as well, although after the start we didn’t see each other. On his first day of Cokering ever, he made it up to Echo lake, (15 miles of steep uphill) and back. Nice job!
Anyway, for the third year is a row a unicyclist has completed this ride. I ended up crossing the finish line at 3 hours 13 minutes. That is 22 minutes faster than last year! Whee-Hoo! Here is link the Aspen Mike’s definitive write-up on this ride from 2006 Bob Cook Memorial/Mt. Evans Hillclimb