You might have heard there's a global pandemic going about. In such people have found a new appreciation of the common bicycle. Unfortunately the bicycle industry was caught in the perfect storm of high demand / low supply as manufacturers do their best in a new reality. Even repair parts to fix that much loved bike that "was fine when I put it away" (stored at the bottom of a swamp for the past 15 years).
Everyone in the bicycle industry has been working super hard this year.
Beyond 11.
Nonstop.
Which brings us to the last page of the calendar with personal days that will turn into pumpkins if they aren't used before midnight.
Ideally personal days are used to go somewhere on some great adventure. These days, you redefine those terms.
Coneystock. A long weekend of adventure as far as my bike and a tank of gas will take me,
Day 1
What better way to start some home spun adventures than with the Central CT classic TdT The TdT for those not from this niche of a niche is a ride from West Hartford to Tariffville following the Metacomet trail across the Talcott Mountain ridgeline (Tour de Talcott). The first time I did it was the day Jerry Garcia died (8/9/1995). I only did it one way that day as I met my a friend in East Granby at his house for a ride before dinner when he got home for work.
Subsequent TdTs have been out and backs. They have been stretched to 50 miles, 100Ks, even a 100 miler. The "standard TdT goes from West Hartford to the Chimney in Tariffville and back.
Trying to use the available pallet of trails to create a route with as little redundancy is half the fun.
The Enduro Boys have made that challenge easier and funnerer
I stopped to snap a pic of their awesome new launch and sign but no way was I going to miss the fun of the berms and earth jumps to stop and take pics.
The weather couldn't have been more ideal at the 2nd cookie stop.
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