Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Finally: A Post-Crash Test On The BMC

I rode 26 miles on my BMC today. I felt great and the bike did too. In myself I had some confidence as the ride began, but in the BMC my confidence was well below normal. That’s because I had not ridden the bike since I crashed on it in November. I didn’t really start riding again until I went to Pennsylvania in May, and on that trip I took only my Framed gravel bike. After returning to Wisconsin, I just kept riding the Framed … not because it’s a better bike, but because it’s better suited to the Eisenbahn State Trail, where I have been doing so much Zone 2 training.


But, yeah, today is July 1. It’s the first day of a new month. It’s the first day of the second half of 2025. It feels like a good time to do something different, even if that means returning to something familiar that I just had not done in a while.


Confidence in both man and machine is now high. Today’s ride was, by a comfortable margin, my fastest ride so far this season. Improving fitness accounts for some of that. Choosing a 100% paved route instead of one that includes a gravel trail accounts for some more. But the biggest factor today was the massive efficiency boost of the BMC. The Framed is a good bike, but compared to the BMC it feels like it’s towing something. With today’s shakedown ride completed successfully, there’s more open road riding in my immediate future.

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