Looking Back

A few years ago I was in Paris for the start of the Paris-Nice race and got to see the prologue. I stumbled upon the Discovery team bus and a crowd around Lance as he warmed up. It was a cool day not all that unlike today.

So soon?

After a prolonged absence from from single track, I got out for what might be one of the last mountain bike rides of the season on Friday. I took things slow as I was recuperating from a late night that ended too early and involved one too many tasty libations from Empire Brewery. This slower pace allowed me to enjoy more of the scenery than I typically do - I noticed a few "new" stone foundations and a very cool mushroom colony feasting on a stump. By the end of the ride I had ridden out of the haze and managed a spirited climb and descent so all was not lost. I am hoping for a few more days on dirt but with rain forecast for the remainder of the week, things will have to dry out or freeze for it to be ethical to do so.

Another thing to add to the list

Possibly the first ambitious creation I will fabricate once I learn to weld...

Bike and Art

A cool looking bike and art exhibition.

Follow up and fall out

An appropriate follow up to my post of the article from Slate on the need for more bicycle parking can be found here. In DC, they are building a bike storage and service facility outside Union Station. An interesting design that sort of mimics the canopies being placed over the Metro stop entrances.

In other areas of interest, I went for my first bike "ride" in a long time yesterday. I was supposed to get a lift downtown for a meeting but received a call saying it wasn't going to work out. It has been incredibly beautiful and I was pinched for time so I jumped on my road bike. Man, did my body react - knees started hurting, back started spasming. Oh, what a few weeks off and a change in physical exercise routine will do. I am looking forward to a weekend of canoeing and then some mileage next week with my brother to ease back into things. There's talk of circumnavigating Seneca Lake, somewhere in the ball park of 75 miles round trip I believe.