First group ride, first time on my new bike, and first time laying out on aerobars. No blood, good ride!

A very leisurely pace going out, probably took a full 7-10 minutes off coming back. Climibing the hill on Greeley isn't half as fun as going down it.

Will work on not "toeing" while pedaling. Need to drive with the heel on the driving portion of the stroke, but then I can rais the heel a bit on the back side of the stroke when using the hamstrings. Should get a little more power that way. Aerobars give me a little bit of the heebie-jeebies, but I think I may get used to it. Otherwise, I'll just pop them off for Ebay.

I backed off of scheduling a bike fitting session since the Team coach has significant experience for himself and in fitting others. Costs more than I want to afford in any case. Went to performance bike and traded out the handlebar stem, 120 mm for 100 mm. Totally changed the feel. If I go shorter than 90 mm I may have steering control issues. Dropping a plumb line from my knee to the pedal has my knee a little to far forward toward my toe. May need to slide the clipless cleats back in the mooring for the shoes. Might be why my left foot went numb for about a third of the ride. Will need to remedy before June, possibly requiring a different seat post. Reluctant to trade out the carbon seat for something with less of a "set back", considering that drove the price up in the first place.

Pancakes after the fact. Yum!

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