Ride with Zvika Cohen and Yossi Shitrit from a service station on the 44 just beyond the Hwy 3 intersection. We headed over to the 38 and headed a short way down it before turning on the 3855 to head toward the climb up to Nes Harim on the 3866. The climb seemed maybe a little less difficult than the last time I did it, and I finished before the others. Then we rode down to where Yossi was and rode back up to the top with him. Continued this time toward Nes Harim, road turns at some point into the 386, which doesn't the have steep sections. Right onto the 375 and down this long grade, which has a combination of flat and steeper parts. During one of the steep drops I hit almost 50 mph. At the bottom, we turned around and headed back the way we came, and the steep sections were a real challenge. Made it up okay, feeling good on this day. The others followed a little while after, then we continued retracing our route, with a thrilling couple of downhills on this ride that offset the tough climbs. Yossi was slowing down, so to a lesser extent was Zvika. I still felt pretty good, no real troubles on the last little climb before we descended to the gas station. Road on new Hutchison Atom tires, which were tough to put on the rims, caused me to ruin a couple of inner tubes, and had a bead separation from the rim that I noticed just before starting this ride. Still, it was all good.
Avg speed = 13.9 mph. Total mileage = 41.1 mi
Avg heartrate = 150 bpm
Total elevation gain = 5080'
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