After discussing the route for the MS ride and the hills it includes, I decided to add two more teeth to my largest cog on my bikes rear cassette. It doesn't sound like much but it will help. Unfortunately I had to replace the entire set of 10 cogs to get the one that had 27 teeth instead of 25 that I have now. Not cheap!
I can't wait to try it out! I'll report back after I've installed and rode the local hills since I have a good idea of the hills that we will be climbing on October 10th. I also found out that the first day of riding will be about 105-106 miles. We won't even hit the hills until about mile 65, so I have not only committed myself to getting, installing and training with the new cog set; I am also committed to losing 15-20 more pounds before October 10th. That may be my biggest challenge yet without losing any muscle mass...
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