[RBW] October - A big riding month!

[WETH]

Tony,
Great photos and congrats on a great month of riding.  I am happy to have 
played a small part in your adventures.
All the best,
Erl

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[RBW] October - A big riding month!

[Tony DeFilippo]

https://photos.app.goo.gl/kMCZ6f1Q0aSKA7s32

October was a REALLY good month on the bike for me (good month all 
around).  I don't have alot of spare time for dedicated weekday or weekend 
riding for the sake of riding so I have to stretch my commutes out and I've 
never been more successful at that than this past month.  Between work 
travel and daddy duties I don't really have a meaningful 'average' monthly 
mileage over the past 18 months or so but my 320 miles in October stands 90 
miles over my previous (Sep of this year) high and 130 miles over any other 
previous monthly high's. I'm using strava these days and my records only go 
back to Feb '16 but since that time my riding has been pretty similar - 
commutes and errands with a bit of singletrack here and there.

The miles are one way to cut it but as I was thinking about making a post I 
looked at the pictures from this month and was even more pleased.  For one 
thing, the weather was splendid in DC this Oct and for another alot of my 
rides explored some new-to-me routes and were in the company of good 
friends.  Two solo coffee outside's - one in the rain, a ride up to the 
National Cathedral for pre-work coffee with lister Erl, two explorations of 
a new route home through Oxon Hill and across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, an 
early work departure singletrack-ramble through the Fort Circle Park Trail 
in SE DC (who would have thought you'd startle deer in the woods within the 
city limits!), a DMV car registration trip via bike... lots of good rides.

I was definitely inspired by Bill's 10x200 self-challenge over the last 
couple months and while I haven't made that kind of time in my schedule I'm 
really satisfied with pushing some of my own personal bests within the 
confines of the 'commute'.  I'm hoping to keep pushing the miles/hours in 
the saddle into Nov and Dec.  Work travel, vacation and other parts of life 
will definitely intervene but I'll keep making the most out of the rides I 
get.  

Riv content - 90% of the month has been on my Saluki pictured below which 
has performed splendidly. I feel more comfortable and capable on the bike 
than I ever have having gotten a lot of riding in over the past 3 months.  
It's really dialed in but the new tubeless Compass EL BSP's put the road 
feel over the top.  I'm at about 350 miles on the new tires and couldn't be 
happier.  Picture below is approaching Oxon Hill with the new MGM Grand 
Casino in National Harbor poking up over the trees.  I made it up the hill 
without dismounting for LCG use for the first time on this day and while I 
was still painfully slow I was absolutely thrilled with the achievement.



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