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The Mount Desert Time Trial is a 13.7 mile out and back time trial held in Tremont, Maine, which located on the southern tip of Mount Desert Island. It is the eleventh race in the Maine Time Trial Series. The course features sharp and short climbs, fast descents and some rough pavement. Conditions were calm and cool and temperatures were in the 70s. About 35 riders turned up to race. Frame and Wheel tracked the event with a smartphone and posts some of the details of the ride in the labels on the map above. Total distance (including rolling around the start area) is 16.2 miles, total moving time is 48 minutes, average moving speed is 20 miles per hour, maximum speed is 39 miles per hour, maximum elevation is 42 feet, total elevation gain is 688 feet and maximum grade is 6 percent.
The officials and all the riders are savaged by clouds of mosquitos during staging, such that it is a relief to get going. Frame and Wheel negotiates the Fairpoint work site without trouble, but has a close call with a truck emerging from a driveway further up the road. The pavement is rough and Frame and Wheel concentrates on holding on tight and choosing a smooth line. The hills are tough and recovery opportunities are short and limited. There is one section where there is a long, gradual downhill, and Frame and Wheel is able to push a big gear here and make some time. Frame and Wheel avoids a cat that dashes across the road.
The turnaround goes smoothly, but the section right after it is a gradual uphill. Frame and Wheel is not in the right gear here and loses some time here. There are no more 30 second riders for Frame and Wheel to chase. The final hills are hard and sap momentum. Frame and Wheel pushes through to the fast finish and is pleased with a time of 30:42 which is fast enough to win the day. Frame and Wheel spends the rest of the day being a tourist in the shops of Bar Harbor and the wharves of Barnard, features that make this event a pleasant one to attend. Frame and Wheel congratulates all the riders on their efforts and thanks the Downeast Cycling Club and Bar Harbor Bicycle Shop for organizing and sponsoring the event.
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| Bass Harbor is the real deal |
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| Bar Harbor display boats |
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| The one on the right looks pretty fast |
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