Today was a very exciting day for my young friend “El.” His brand new bicycle frame arrived today, along with a whole box full of really light bicycle parts. The grin on his face was ear to ear. I remember having that ecstatic sort of feeling over things like bike parts, but that as a long, long time ago.
He came down to the shop where he opened up the box that contained his new Niner frame. Its Kermit green, and WOW, it sure is light! The look on his face was priceless, but of course not for viewing here. ;-)
In celebration of the newest bike on the block, a group of us went out for a lunch ride with "El." We rode out to Warner Canyon, which encircles the golf course in Mill Valley. There were four of us, and we had a great time. As usual we talked shop along the way. Today's rider age range was 15-47. This is such an amazing sport in that it can span one's lifetime. Someday I'll write about my very first bike ride at five or six years of age. I remember it clearly, and perhaps that's why I still ride?
The ride today was fairly short. In fact it was one of my shortest rides since starting R2R, but don’t be fooled by the low mileage. The climbing that we did in order to reach the top of Blithedale Ridge was quite steep at times, and we were riding at an honorable pace.
I’m going to keep it brief tonight.
Thanks for the ride guys!
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