Tour of Connecticut - Day 3 | 40 miles of the Airline Trail!
Channel: Joy & Jason Rides
Date: 2022-08-01

Day 3 is the most forgiving of all the routes. This is because it’s the flattest and 40 miles or so of it is ridden on the Airline Rail Trail, a rail trail that runs across Connecticut from east to west. Even though this is a 63-mile ride, it will be easy on the legs. Our destination is a town called Pomfret, which is almost the northeastern part of Connecticut.

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Equipment:
On Joy's bike: Carbon rack with extender by Tailfin, Aeropack by Tailfin, frame bag by Apidura, top tube bag by Apidura, stem bag by Moosetreks, side-load bottle cages by Lezyne, mounting brackets by Wolftooth B-RAD 2 and B-RAD 3 (for adjusting position of bottles), lights by Lezyne.

On Jason's bike: Carbon rack by Tailfin, Aeropack by Tailfin, frame bag by Rockbros, top tube bag by Apidura, side-load bottle cages by Lezyne, lights by Lezyne.

Clothing:
Joy: Terra X5 shoes by Fizik, bibshorts by Le Col, jerseys by Le Col and Pactimo.
Jason: Allroad Elite shoes by Mavic, bibshorts by Le Col and Black Bibs, jerseys by Le Col and Pactimo.

Hydration:
Joy: drink mix by First Endurance EFS Lemon Lime, Gatorade, and Powerade.
Jason: drink mix by Untapped Mapleaid, Gatorade, and Powerade.

Gearing:
38t chainring, 10-44 cassette. Plenty of gearing even for the steepest hills (0.20 miles, 14% avg. grade). But we strength train once a week to grind up the steep stuff.

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Bikes in this video:
Road bike: Men's/Women's Fezzari Empire SL Pro Race
Mountain bike: Marin Wildcat Trail 5, Grand Canyon by Canyon
Gravel bike: Lauf Anywhere
Indoor: Wahoo Kickr

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