With the Porsche Bike X rebuild halfway completed, I was itching to go for a ride. But with Truckee covered with snow, I had to either drive to Sacramento or Reno. Not having an entire day, I choose Reno. And I choose well. Typically, Reno is very windy. But for some reason today there was no wind. It was also a perfectly sunny 47°.
I drove the short distance to Verdi, Nevada parked my 2006 Cayenne S at a county park near the Truckee River. From there I rode 13 miles to downtown Reno before turning around and coming back. I was hoping to fit in 25 miles, so 26 miles was just right.
The bike rode most excellently and I didn't feel like I lost too much conditioning after taking a couple easy months. It wasn't a particularly fast ride because I kept running into stop signs, stop lights, cars and homeless people. It seems Reno is pretty congested these days. I much prefer to ride the bike trail in Sacramento and avoid all the traffic and people like in Reno. But Sacramento is almost a 4 hour round trip from Truckee. So that takes an entire day.
Regardless, today's ride was a huge success. I can't wait to get the second half of this bike finished and take it for another ride.
Left to do on the Porsche Bike X will be changing the front fork to a carbon fiber rigid fork, replace the saddle and add the new handlebar grips with bar ends. I should have all this finished sometime next week I hope.
Follow my continuing passion to explore new adventures on Porsche bicycles. I have conquered a Century ride with a Porsche mountain bike, the Death Ride on a Porsche touring bike, the 184.5-mile Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath in 2020, the 370-mile combined C&O/GAP trail in 2021 and the 237-mile Florida Coast to Coast ride in 2022. Now I'm focused on the Maryland and California Coast & Coast adventure!
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