Sunday Morning with Andrew

I got up and the bright-and-early hour of 6:15am in order to hit West Parmer Lane on the new (for me) Raleigh Sport (picture to come). After pouring a pot of coffee down my throat and giving Eddy some scratches behind the ear, I drove up to Andrew's house. We did a quick tune of my front derailleur, and were on the road before 8am: a necessary precaution when the high for the day is expected to be in the triple digits.

The highlight was bombing it down the hill after mile 16. Although my computer was doing weird things (I think it needs re-calibrated), Andrew and I did some back-of-the-envelope calculations based on his computer, and think I hit 40+mph.

Of course... I got passed by a guy on a Trek Madone, but we're not going to talk about that. (Since his bike costs around, oh, $4,000 more than mine, I think he automatically is disqualified in the badassery contest that he didn't know he'd entered.)

Beyond that, the ride was as uneventful as it was pleasant... which is a strange thing to say about an almost 50-miler. But it was really pleasant.

As a quick reminder: Chafing for a Cause is recruiting! We've got four members so far, and are looking for more. So if you're interested in raising money for the fight against cancer, or have also brainwashed yourself into thinking that exercise is fun, please click the link in the sidebar.

Hope your weekends were great! Happy riding.