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My birthday today! Working on trying to get my bike rides back into a decent shape. My arm is still bruised from the fall, amazingly enough. My husband says he's run out of ideas of how to convey to me just how hard I hit the ground. Been Riding Springwater Corridor out to Boring, which is a decent elevation gain and about a 40 mile ride.
Bryan bought me a new bike, A Kona Dew Drop and so far it's been pretty perfect for the way we ride here. I sold the Lemond Zurich last week at Sellwoood Cycles on commission. She was a lovely bike but she never did fit me. We got fenders put on Bryan bike (not a luxury here) and are researching pannier racks, since we now have a huge line of credit with them. Wanna get to the coast this year. Or at least to Multnomah Falls. Shit, even to camp out at Banks Vernonia. By bike.
I'm hoping I'm working hard enough to recondition quick enough to get there this summer. The seasons may not cooperate, the weather has been cold and wet for longer than is normal for around here.
I dunno. I'm looking at 50 staring me down and I just do not like all the crap it seems to be flinging. I want to be able to DO stuff. I'm going to keep doing it as long as I can and not lay down until I have to.
You'd think I'd stop ridin, what with the first year breaking my collarbone, the second year getting all stabbed and then the concussion/head injury thing after that. But no. I'm trying to ride 100 miles in one sitting. You'd also think I'd stop believing in marriage too, but no, I am firmly into my fourth year of my fourth marriage and I still think being married is awesome.
Bryan bought me a new bike, A Kona Dew Drop and so far it's been pretty perfect for the way we ride here. I sold the Lemond Zurich last week at Sellwoood Cycles on commission. She was a lovely bike but she never did fit me. We got fenders put on Bryan bike (not a luxury here) and are researching pannier racks, since we now have a huge line of credit with them. Wanna get to the coast this year. Or at least to Multnomah Falls. Shit, even to camp out at Banks Vernonia. By bike.
I'm hoping I'm working hard enough to recondition quick enough to get there this summer. The seasons may not cooperate, the weather has been cold and wet for longer than is normal for around here.
I dunno. I'm looking at 50 staring me down and I just do not like all the crap it seems to be flinging. I want to be able to DO stuff. I'm going to keep doing it as long as I can and not lay down until I have to.
You'd think I'd stop ridin, what with the first year breaking my collarbone, the second year getting all stabbed and then the concussion/head injury thing after that. But no. I'm trying to ride 100 miles in one sitting. You'd also think I'd stop believing in marriage too, but no, I am firmly into my fourth year of my fourth marriage and I still think being married is awesome.