Back on the bike for the last 2 nights. Its always tough to get back on the bike when you haven’t ridden in over a week, plus you are still feeling the cold that is keeping you off. The mind says “NEED TO RIDE” but the legs and body says “sorry sucker, you need to stay on the couch”. The mind won the battle the last 2 nights and I bundled up for some riding. Wednesday night it was 30 degrees when I got back and my water bottle was starting to freeze up. I did about 2.5 hours on the single speed and it was good fun, except for the wheezing and coughing up all kinds of nonsense.
Last night went out for about 1.5 hours on another little ripper with co-workers on the single speeds. I wanted to try out his 26″ wheeled rig and he wanted to try out my 29er. He definitely won in the bike swap because his bike was a size or 2 small for me. To make a long story short, I was pretty crunched up on the bike. Not the best for night riding, plus one of my lights was still attached to my bike, which he was riding. There was a lot of point and praying done for me on the ride.
Any way you slice it, 2 nights out on the bike are better than 2 nights in on the couch. Plus, I still haven’t needed to get the trainer out yet, but that is coming soon as snow has started to fly and temps are getting colder.
Now I am just waiting for the time to reach 5 o’clock so I can punch out and start the weekend. I don’t really have anything planned, but I am sure Campy and I will hit some of the local trails as Saturday is supposed to be pretty nice.
