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aliases: ["Long ride — 2025-04-26"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2025-04-26"
Belongs to: "[[2025-04]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2025-04-26
Solo long ride. 106km, 1308m elevation.

## Notes
- Late April ride through rolling Chianti terrain. The vines are leafing out, covering the trellises with fresh green growth.
- Explored a loop I'd been planning: Castelnuovo Berardenga, Pianella, Villa a Sesta, and back. Some narrow, quiet roads with beautiful old farmhouses.
- Found a perfect stretch for tempo efforts — 5km of false flat between Villa a Sesta and Castelnuovo. Did two 10-minute intervals at 250W.
- Temperature climbed to 25°C by midday. First ride where I genuinely felt the summer heat building. Drank 3 liters total.
- Stopped at an enoteca in Castelnuovo Berardenga. They offered a tasting but declined — mid-ride wine is tempting but impractical solo.
- Chain started skipping on the smallest sprocket. Need to replace the cassette soon — the teeth are getting worn on the 11 and 12.

## Follow-up
- [ ] Order a new cassette — Shimano Ultegra 11-30
