A month of PowerCranks

Well, it's been a month with the PowerCranks and things are progressing. I went on a 2-hour ride on the bike trail today and did alright. I am getting better at riding with my hands on the hoods, but that's still not comfortable for long periods of time. Perhaps the hardest thing is that I am not able to stand up yet, and frankly, I don't see how anybody could. An interesting side effect of that is more pressure on your butt for the whole ride. The only time you can take the pressure off your saddle is by standing out of the seat with both pedals at the bottom of the stroke, which is a tad weird. Nonetheless, I did some minor climbing (about 900 feet over 32 miles) and it wasn't that bad at all. I averaged about 16 miles an hour and 162 watts for the 2 hour ride, which I thought wasn't too bad.

I think I may be ready for my regular Malcom Dixon loop which has 1900 feet over 22 miles. Perhaps I'll try it in one of the next couple of weekends.