Hey there, everybody. I am Ted King, your host here on King of the Ride podcast, whether this is your first time listening or you're a seasoned K-O-T-R listener.

I want to personally welcome you to the show. Today brings us to episode number 27.

It also marks a first for King of the Ride.

This is the first time we're doing a multi-episode series.

This is part two of that first ever.

Our last show was the precursor to the James Bay descent.

Admittedly, it was a quick one since at the time our outdoorsy team of four

was trying to just get out the door, get deep into the Adirondacks to test our gear, ride our fat cats, make sure those 45 North Pogies and Wolfgar boots were up to snuff during a weekend of bike practice.

I'm typically not one to use that term bike practice, but that is exactly what the weekend was all about.

That is, practice riding fat bikes weighed down with 100 pounds of gear in extremely cold conditions for multiple days in a row.

That bike practice from a few weeks ago served as the prologue in part one to the James Bay descent.

Now, you should definitely consider that last show, light listening.

I still encourage you to hit rewind and take a listen if you haven't heard it already.

But here on today's episode 27, James Bay descent part two, this is where the action goes down.

Folks, we made it. Only slightly worse for where. I had a decent nip of frostbite on my nose. Now it merely turned a few shades of brown,

thankfully not charcoal black as it had been previously suggested. I thank you for those

questions and comments that have come in asking about my fair schnaz.

I also somehow gave myself a niggle of a wrist injury.

Buck had a bit of tendinitis of the knee.

Eric had some chronic upper leg pain by the end.

There is rumor of some broken ribs from no fewer than a dozen crashes

tallied on the course of the trip by the entire Peloton.

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