I didn't do anything different from the normal weekend (if we consider Friday the weekend). Since the tour is on, I watch that till the end. Then, I sit around, debating for hours on where I should ride. I've decided to do Santa Cruz Mountain Challenge again this year, so I think doing Zayante should be a nice trainer. So pack up the gear, put the bike in the car, and I'm ready to go.
I get to Lexington Dam, and one of the main parking lots actually has paid parking there. Whoa, good thing I checked before leaving. Okay, re-park in another dirt parking area. Take out the bike, look at my bottle cage, where my pump should normally be, and it's not there. D'oh. I know exactly where it is ... on my other bike. Crap! I'm not about to risk riding without a pump, especially in an area where it is lightly traveled, and not really close to any bike shops. So back I go back home.
So at least I didn't get any flats, no mechanicals, but the original idea for my ride did have to get scrapped.
Get home, decide to wait till after lunch to go for a short ride. I go out around 1 pm, then do Mora, then across Rancho San Antonio Park, before climbing Montebello. I was really struggling today. Some days you have it, and some days you don't. Now I did install a different saddle, Fizik Arione, and the surface area is a little more round. My reaction? Pain. My butt was really hurting, and maybe that translated to my uberly slow time up Montebello this time. I haven't gone this slow in ages ... over 1 hour ... about 15 minutes slower than my previous time.
So there were no catastrophes on this day, but I was really slow. Oh, one thing I did discover ... remember how I said I'd ride after lunch? Well, I didn't eat lunch. D'oh! Friday the 13th? Nah, just a really odd coincidence. I didn't see any black cats, and no ladders to crawl under. Just bad mojo, that's all.
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