Cruz and I met at the Starbucks at Rural Road and the Loop 202 around 5:00am this morning for a ride up the Greenbelt, into Fountain Hills, and back down via the Beeline Highway. The ride was roughly 50 miles with a good climb in the middle from North Scottsdale up into Fountain Hills. Cruz is in pretty good shape, so I wasn't worried about him completing this ride and it gave us a chance to work on his cycling endurance and gear shifting. He also got a lesson in how to change a tube!
Cruz climbs one of the many short, steep hills on the way into Fountain Hills
We had a little break at Safeway to refuel, fill up water bottles, relax, and discovered Cruz had a slow leak in his front tire. It was a good opportunity to show him how to change a tire - and a lesson that even a TINY little piece of sharp debris can trash a tube. Cruz had a very small cactus spine sticking through the tire. It was just enough to pierce the tube.
We rode out past Fountain Park. Sadly, it was too early for the fountain to be on. Cruz has never seen it up close.
The ride back out down the Beeline Highway was beautiful, but we were catching a little wind and it was warming up. AND I was trying to make it back to the car to make it to home to shower for church (I DID make it!).
We had a great ride today! Good workout, good training for both of us, and good practice for Cruz. I'm glad to have another riding partner in the area!
Here's today's elevation profile!
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