Jim made me look pretty good in his ride report. I could only wish I was that cool. I was flailing nearly the whole way as Jim pulled me the entire route except for some of the downhills where I could catch a breath. Jim was on his single speed fixie and I was awed as he constantly,easily pulled away from me on the hills. I learned more about what makes a really good cyclist by riding on his rear tire for an hour than I have in 30 years of riding a bike. I have never had the chance to go on a ride like that with a very experienced rider at cruising speeds before and I was exhausted at the end, but VERY happy that I had made it. As a result, I went out riding again on Tuesday and Wednesday night and pushed myself harder than I ever have before, because I just didn't know what I could do until Jim showed me.
I am going to give a shout out to my bike as well. I am coming to love my hybrid. The Trek 7.5 FX is nicely priced and spec'ed out with good components and is definitely helping my transition from the mountain to the road. With the addition of barends and an aerobar it looks like a very fast warthog. I jumped on my old Cannondale MTB with road tires the other day and after a few minutes realized that my 15- year love affair with that bike was over. I was actually a little sad, as if I had betrayed an old friend...but not sad enough! ; ) Hi ho Silver Warthog! and thanks Jim! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CyclistsOfWilson-COWs?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
