RECAP: May 14th Golden/Look Out

Well this wasn't one of our best trips out to Golden that we've had.  The weather was pretty cold and damp with a lot of moisture in the air.  It seemed that the damp weather really had an affect on every ones riding, because none of us felt very good.
Things started with a nice ride down the CC trail and then to 23rd like usual.  After we turned on 26th Ken ended up with a flat which we repaired in not time and we back on the road because we were all starting to cool down fast.  On our way out to Golden Jan informed me that Look Out may be closed due to construction.  Once we reached the Sinclar gas station in Golden we agreed that if the road was closed that we would head back, but if it was open we'd climb it.  Well it was open so we did climb Look Out and to our delight they had started to repave the surface and wow it was like glass!  New asphalt is so nice to ride on...  any way as we made our way up in elevation the weather deteriorated the higher and higher we went.  By the time we reached the top there was a light mist/rain falling and it was very cold.  We all decided to just turn around there and not continue down the back side like we had done in the past because we wanted to avoid the incoming rain.  That descent was super cold, my upper body was so cold and I was shivering so bad that it was making my handle bars shake.  We took it pretty slow on the way down for numerous reasons such as our rims were wet so breaking wouldn't be that good, new oily asphalt and the visibility wasn't that great as well.
Every one made it down safely and we had a nice fast ride back to the shop.  Ken had some really great pulls on the way out and back that was a huge help.  After coming down from Look Out it almost felt warm and we were starting to thaw out.  The last couple of miles were pretty painful as my legs were fairly lactic and was hanging on to the thought of getting back to the nice warm shop.  It was a tough day and I was glad it was over.   I didn't take any pics this time because it was too cold to do so.

Check out ride stats here:
Advanced Ride Golden/Look Out Mtn. by edge705cb at Garmin Connect - Details

Sorry my battery died on the way back so I didn't record the whole ride.  :(