one more ride on Barney Ford...

after work I hurried home to hop on the mountain bike for a spin up French Gulch to Sallie Barber road. I knew it was probably rideable still, and sure enough I rode up a firm tacky road to the top of the mine. Spots of snow in the trees, and a few mud puddles near the top, but overall still a great climb. Last year, I rode up it one day, and then skied up it a few days later. Not sure the forecast is calling for anything substantial in the near future, but it still feels like every mountain bike ride could be my last, esp. if I might not ride the same trail twice between now and when the trails are covered. I'd guess Faia is riding the path to and from work with the same feeling of ultimatum...that he might only have a few more days or weeks until it is snowed in for the season. The roads and path typically last a few more weeks than the trails, so I am all about the mountain bike now. Then the cross bike will next also see one of its last rides of the season on gravel and mud in the county. The road bike has a longer riding season. I'd like to start doing some better intervals on the roads again, as my 2min on/2min off up and down Sallie Barber and French Gulch is getting old. But alas, why ride the road bike when the mountain bike still has some local rides left to squeeze in?