after not owning a bike over 10 years, as of today I have ridden 700km since early July and cannot get enough of it.
by M_B_M
after not owning a bike over 10 years, as of today I have ridden 700km since early July and cannot get enough of it.
by M_B_M
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Bike details: Canyon Grizl 8 1by
Locaiton: the top of [Wurzenpass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wurzen_Pass), mountain border crossing between Austria and Slovenia, nowadays with less traffic due to the construction of a highway and a tunnel paralell to it.
Going down from here, with slopes of up to 18% was brutal to the brakes, I will check at home if some wearing happened. As much as I was braking very little, I was gaining high speed immediately.
By the way I may ask, how do you manage drinking from the bottles of water? When I drive through gravel the bottles get very dusty. In retrospect I should have bought other bottles I think, I am cleaning the dust with my jersey, the people over r/cyclingfashion would have a heart attack if they saw how dirty I end up looking.
The bicycle is our greatest invention
Bikes are the best. Happy for you that you rediscovered this great hobby!
For water bottles, check out the camelback podium chill dirt series. Insulated bottle and has an easily removable cap to keep the mouthpiece clean.