Got up and had some breakfast and conversation with everybody, then David and I got ready for a bike ride. I adjusted my rear derailleur to make it shift more smoothly while I was in my lower chainring. We rode north through town and then got on Hwy 1. Not too long after we got onto the highway, the mist got heavier and was close to drizzling. We suffered through that for about 10 minutes, then it started to clear up. It was overcast all the way up to the turnoff to Cambria, wavy like the previous day. I started off at a fairly moderate pace in front, and David was keeping up with the help of his electric motor. Once he got out in front, I was working hard to stay on his wheel, especially on the slight uphill sections. Turns out he was using up a lot of battery capacity, but we didn't realize it. We turned off on the road into downtown Cambria, which had a little uphill stretch that was steeper, then a long downhill into the village. We stopped at a nice little coffee shop and had a coffee and cinnamon roll, along with an extended conversation about David's exit plans for his business. Then we started heading back, riding over to Hwy 1 and heading south. We were climbing just after we got on the 1, and I got out ahead of David before waiting for him at the top of the little climb. We rode on flat land for a time, then David noticed that his battery was struggling to output power on subsequent climbs, so that really slowed our return down. We stopped once for a brief break before riding the last section to the Airbnb. We made it, but he was pretty wiped out, too much exertion on this day.
Avg speed = 14.4 mph. Total mileage = 31.2 mi
Avg power = 98 W. Weighted avg power = 137 W
Total elevation gain = 990'
Avg heartrate = 112 bpm
Ann and Christine were out to lunch, so I heated up the shells for us to eat, then had a shower and a short nap. The afternoon and evening were quiet. We had Potato Basque soup for dinner, and it was tasty. Also had a berry pie that Ann and Christine had picked up in Harmony, and it was very good for a store-bought pie.
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