200k: made it (so far)

That was a ride for the books. Heavy rain, then later sleet and snow. But I finished! More when I get back to Albany.

Creaky knees today.

NER Bays & Bridges 200k: That Slow, Sinking Feeling [brevets]

Out of the many possible things to forget, in the end it turned out that I forgot to check the tightness of my seatpost retention bolt. You might remember that I recently discovered that Froinlavin's seatpost was stuck, but then promptly managed to unstick it. What I neglected to mention, and neglected to remember, was that in my haste I didn't retighten the retention bolt.

I didn't really figure out that was part of what was going on for me until around mile 40, and then I didn't actually manage to do anything about it until around mile 55, and even then I don't think I got my saddle to full height again on this brevet.

So, add that to the list of things to remember. My knees will thank me. I also didn't bring along the emergency space blanket for this ride, but I'll absolutely remember to pack it again in the future, or at least one of the compact ones, because when you need one, you NEED one, and shouldn't be caught out without one.

In any case! The route, and then a bit of blow-by-blow.

This got long, with photos, so the rest is ( under a cut )