I thought I’d compare my typical daily ride with the new bike. Yesterday I did the usual run in just about 1 hour even, 6.4 mph average. This run is about 4 mi of singletrack, followed by 2 miles of double-track to get me back to the car.

Willowdale, New Bike at EveryTrail

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Here’s the same trip from a month ago, with the old bike. 10 min longer, and 1 mph slower. I’ve probably gained a bit fitness-wise in the last month, but still, that says a lot for the lighter, bigger-wheeled bike.

Willowdale, Old Bike at EveryTrail

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This from my usual exercise run – I really only hit 181, but I like the song.

I got my replacement Garmin 305 today. It works great. Apparently, the problems I had with the bundled software on OSX were due to a defective unit. This one works great. I took it for a walk and it tracked nicely. The only hitch was that it measured my heart rate down at 35 bmp most of the time. That just can’t be right.

Walk2 at EveryTrail

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I tried to use my Garmin 305 yesterday, and it was not responding to any button presses. So, back it goes. I may try and get a replacement.