You never had control, that’s the illusion!

I’ve been wanting to ride over to Sandy Valley for quite some time. Mostly in order to log some extra Wandrer miles and I was thrilled when Robert threw the idea out there.

I have to be honest it’s been nearly three weeks since this ride and the details are a little fuzzier than I would like.

Despite knowing the day’s ride was already going to be a long one, I wanted to ride to the start. Boots and I got started early and decided to mix it up a little and take Rainbow north. As we were riding along I kept looking to the east and saw the sunrise slowly developing. We arrived at the 215 overpass at the perfect time for us to grab a couple pics. I think Boots was surprised that I wanted to stop for pictures considering I rarely do. After our pics we rode along the frontage road around to Sunset before continuing west to Hualapai.

The ride to Sandy Valley went really well. We had a few folks turn back at Jean, Goodsprings, and even Columbia Pass. I dragged Boots along for a couple extra loops through Goodsprings for giggles. It made for a little extra fun. The descent to Sandy Valley was insanely fast despite the awful asphalt. The climb out was brutal being just steep enough and ridiculously long. I kept wondering when it would end.

On the way back we stuck with the main group until Starr when they went left and Boots and I went right. The two of us worked our way over to our Starbucks haunt for a well deserved coffee break before ultimately heading home.

New bike fund: $87.48 (+$0.28), €1.52 (+€0.00), ₱10.00 (+₱0.00), ֏10.00 (+֏0.00)
14.41 new miles — From Wandrer.earth
717 total shifts, 61 front, 656 rear. 69.4% of the ride in the big ring, 30.6% in the small ring. Most time spent in 52×21, 14.0% — by di2stats.com
369 vehicles @ 2.9 per mile, 0.8 per minute, Speeds: 39.7 mph (avg), 85.6 mph (max) — by MyBikeTraffic.com
Give your activities the names they deserve. — by Bandok.com
Cloudy-Mostly cloudy, 55°F-76°F, Feels like 57°F-80°F, Humidity 20%-9%, Wind WNW 2mph-NNW 3mph — by Klimat.app
— myWindsock.com Report —
Weather Impact™: 0.9%
Headwind: 51% @ 2.7 – 10.9 mph
Longest Headwind: 01h 42m 13s
Air Speed: 13.4 mph
Temp: 72.4 °F
Precip: 0% @ 0 Inch/hr
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