Someone please name this post
I picked my personal rocket ship up last Friday although now it somewhat has the appeal of space junk....its like the first scratch in a new car. Its now lost some of its luster but its mine and it does the job.
James, one of the owners of PC Bike, and a friend of mine fixed me up with new aerobars, cables etc. He always goes the extra mile for the price. If you're ever anywhere near Palm Coast on a bicycle and just plan on stopping in to pick up some stinger gels or a Coke stop in and give this man your money. He earned it.
My first ride out I will admit was a struggle. Believe it or not I managed to pull or strain a muscle in my ribs surfing so breathing at this time is giving me a bit of discomfort. Im the most injury prone person I know although I think its just bad luck. I also haven't been on a bike in 6 weeks. Time flies. I took it easy nevertheless I was extremely timid when I hit the first bit of traffic. The nerves of the big bang combined with the new bars put a little twist in my stomach but I settled down after a few minutes. I did one of my favorite out and back rides which is from my house straight down 100 to Flagler Beach over the overpass get a look at the water and head straight back. First time over the overpass hurt second time and I actually got out of the saddle a couple times. No big deal was just nice to be out. I only had one potential bad traffic moment someone exiting south on the interstate was to yield to traffic traveling west. Of course Im going west the guy doesn't yield and Im caught in the middle of traffic with cars on the left and right. This time though rather than give him the "New York salute" I simply waved and smiled. Better result this time :)
I noticed Im starting to approach the 2 year anniversary of my Quintana Roo and I've now got over 4000 miles on it. I thought that was pretty cool. Although I really thought I was going to approach 5000 by this time this year....still plenty of time to have it by the end of the year.
Imagine that, the guys in le Tour are doing 2000 miles in just 3 weeks and I've rode only twice that in 2 YEARS! An easy indicator of just how tough that race is. I went through my normal tour mania this year and found it more interesting and exciting without Lance as Im sure many did. I was pulling for "Big George" but am glad an American won nonetheless. Congrats Floyd! Tell you what on Wednesday I was falling into depression because I thought it was over but Thursday came and it was one of the most awesome sports moments I've ever seen. I know most Americans don't get cycling. They don't know what they're missing. Looks like Leipheimer is going back to Discovery will be interesting to see if they race him like Lance .... one warm up and then the tour only. Next year probably stands to be more interesting once the whole "Operacion Puerto" sorts itself out. Im wishing someone, OLN anybody, would carry the Vuelta and the world championships but typically OLN does no more cycling coverage during the year post tour. [Correction] Turns out OLN will by continuing their "Cyclysm Sunday's" including the Vuelta in September Giro di Lombardia in October and the Tour du Faso in November. This actually might have been the case last year and I just missed it because of Pro Football. Go Dolphins!
I have some comments to follow about Time's Teddy Roosevelt issue but its 3:30 am and Im going to try to sleep again. Wish me luck.
James, one of the owners of PC Bike, and a friend of mine fixed me up with new aerobars, cables etc. He always goes the extra mile for the price. If you're ever anywhere near Palm Coast on a bicycle and just plan on stopping in to pick up some stinger gels or a Coke stop in and give this man your money. He earned it.
My first ride out I will admit was a struggle. Believe it or not I managed to pull or strain a muscle in my ribs surfing so breathing at this time is giving me a bit of discomfort. Im the most injury prone person I know although I think its just bad luck. I also haven't been on a bike in 6 weeks. Time flies. I took it easy nevertheless I was extremely timid when I hit the first bit of traffic. The nerves of the big bang combined with the new bars put a little twist in my stomach but I settled down after a few minutes. I did one of my favorite out and back rides which is from my house straight down 100 to Flagler Beach over the overpass get a look at the water and head straight back. First time over the overpass hurt second time and I actually got out of the saddle a couple times. No big deal was just nice to be out. I only had one potential bad traffic moment someone exiting south on the interstate was to yield to traffic traveling west. Of course Im going west the guy doesn't yield and Im caught in the middle of traffic with cars on the left and right. This time though rather than give him the "New York salute" I simply waved and smiled. Better result this time :)
I noticed Im starting to approach the 2 year anniversary of my Quintana Roo and I've now got over 4000 miles on it. I thought that was pretty cool. Although I really thought I was going to approach 5000 by this time this year....still plenty of time to have it by the end of the year.
Imagine that, the guys in le Tour are doing 2000 miles in just 3 weeks and I've rode only twice that in 2 YEARS! An easy indicator of just how tough that race is. I went through my normal tour mania this year and found it more interesting and exciting without Lance as Im sure many did. I was pulling for "Big George" but am glad an American won nonetheless. Congrats Floyd! Tell you what on Wednesday I was falling into depression because I thought it was over but Thursday came and it was one of the most awesome sports moments I've ever seen. I know most Americans don't get cycling. They don't know what they're missing. Looks like Leipheimer is going back to Discovery will be interesting to see if they race him like Lance .... one warm up and then the tour only. Next year probably stands to be more interesting once the whole "Operacion Puerto" sorts itself out. Im wishing someone, OLN anybody, would carry the Vuelta and the world championships but typically OLN does no more cycling coverage during the year post tour. [Correction] Turns out OLN will by continuing their "Cyclysm Sunday's" including the Vuelta in September Giro di Lombardia in October and the Tour du Faso in November. This actually might have been the case last year and I just missed it because of Pro Football. Go Dolphins!
I have some comments to follow about Time's Teddy Roosevelt issue but its 3:30 am and Im going to try to sleep again. Wish me luck.
posted by Migofast at
7:00 PM
3 Comments:
Hey bro, you broke a fundermental tri blogging. You are not allowed to talk abuot new bikes without putting out the requisite bike porn. :)
Hi Sean,
glad you like the link. Hope you are feeling much better in yourself.
Post title: "Back in the saddle" ??
Ok - not overly creative, but an attempt :-)
Cheers,
Cate
Hey Sean, where you been?
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