After spending May focusing on climbing the Fenceline trail, my lunchtime ride since the end of June and into the start of July have been downhill focused.
I figured it was possible to get an Ikigai loop coming back up Transient well within an hour, and even a second lap if I took a shortcut up the vomitron that is the Karepa Killah on the way home.
Today I was able to get in the Ikigai – Serendipity – Transient loop in just over an hour. I did linger in a couple of spots, so I reckon it’s doable in 50-55 minutes.
The times on Serendipity should improve by a few minutes once I can ride the damn thing without stopping.
The Transient uphill from the bottom was apparently 28 minutes, which is not an athletes time, but I was pretty chuffed, and if I can shave a few minutes off over the next couple of months it all helps.