Solo 40

 40  solo miles today.  Second ride this year and once a month ain't going to cut it ha ha ha.  Need to get back on my horse 🐎. 

From Pico Rivera to the top the base of the Azusa mountains.  Felt good setting out for 40. But maybe I should have settled for 35 seeing the last couple were a little tough.  Well, maybe not! This is how we do it,  suffer a little to make gains.  Glad I did it. 

What really sucks, catching some dude from 1/4 mile back along the dam. Once I'm ahead,  he picks it up to catch back up. Ok, impressive, right?

Then I hit the trail and he hops on my wheel.  C'mon man, caught your ass and now you want to suck my wheel?

Can't anybody ever just do their own ride? I'm riding solo just doing my thing   why can't you? So this guy tries to stay on my wheel.  I  move over,  wave him to the front but he won't go. Great   get lost buddy, he did falling back about 1/2 mile. 

Then the ass hat on the ebike.  Im catching him holding my pace about 17 or 18 at that point.  I catch him planning to go around.  But he looks back in his helmet mirror   then lifts the pace so that I can't pass him. 

Not enough to leave me behind,  but just enough so I can't pass and I'm stuck in the opposite lane.  He's looking at me up and down as he blocks me from passing.  What a jerk. 

Well that's my story.  Really not too many riders on the upper section of the trail so I don't get much of this like I do on the Santa Ana trail   but there's always one, or two somewhere.