With very little if any practice, Lucas and I are off to south Holland tomorrow for a ride up the coast to mid Holland.
I have rebuilt both bikes with new parts and tested the single speed with all the weight on it. I just rode 5km. It felt really heavy but manageable. I wasn’t wearing my backpack, so there’s that.
I found the faster I rode, the easier it was to control and manage. The slower speed was really difficult and the small slopes, I had to walk up, with a single speed which usually would really be easy.
I feel better about the whole thing now and I am still worried for Lucas, Friday will be a 20 miler. My Boy is strong.
