After much frustration waiting around for our stuff to arrive, Adam and I were able to put our bikes together and test the single speeds out on the giant hills of San Francisco. It was awesome. I love city riding, the rush of chasing/being chased by cars, and the added bonus of heart-pounding, vein-popping, quad-ripping hills is promise for the most fun on a bike I can imagine.
Adam and I took a short ride from our place up to Fort Mason, just next to the golden gate bridge, and back. This ride took us up and down some scary hills, and at several points riding up a hill in Presidio Park I needed to stop for water, and so my heart didn’t explode. Aside from that one hill (it took probably 10 minutes to climb, its both long and steep), I did pretty awesome. Starting Monday I’ll be biking to and from work everyday, so I plan on improving my climbing abilities significantly and quickly.