Fall Colors

Senior moments, brain farts

NY city visit

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I took a short trip to Connecticut and drove and took the train down to NY city to visit the 911 Memorial, Rockefeller ctr. etc, etc, etc ...
We went to a Broadway show to watch "War Horse". We had watch the documentary of how it came to be a Broadway show and it was amazing. Our friend was able to find tickets at half the price thanks to a program through the NY city public schools. Great show.
We ate a couple of neighborhood places where we drank "mimosas" and had a great brunch. Walked the old neighborhood where my wife grew up and went to school. It brought a lot of memories.
Lots of people and I mean lots riding bikes all over the place and I'm not talking messengers only.
On our way back we went north west and made a one night stop to visit the NY side of the Falls. Not the same as the Canadian side, but amazing nevertheless.

Typical NY city sight. Broken bikes chained every where. I saw quite a few bikes with yellow tags on them for the city workers to remove and throw away.

Baden 2012 Supercross

The top of the file cabinet

The top of my file cabinet at work is awesome. it is adorned with all kinds of prizes and trinkets from shows and other stuff.

My favorite, and it even talks to me when you squeze his belly

Top view

Side view

Another top view

Back view.

Feel like flying

B-Day

B-day Saturday, celebrated Friday night.

57, and I'm starting to feel everyone of them.

Good nutrition is the key

That's why I'm having a PBJ, Chocolate "it does the body good" milk a banana and a whole bunch of pills. It is "important" to eat well after riding in to work.

Second time this week I rode in to work. Tuesday I was in my own private purgatory riding home after work. It had to be the most I have used the small ring all year, every little rise hurt. Man, do I need more long miles in my legs. Maybe some intensity thrown in for good measure. It's been a while. More chocolate milk, that's what I need.
As seen from the bike in the early morning.

Looking forward to the afternoon ride home. I love my bike (s).

Something new

Something was dropped off at the front door last night.

Yeah, single speed. I would have prefered steel but the price was right.

Find Kermit.

Some one once said " a woman's closet is full of shoes and purses, a man's basement is full of bikes, frames and tires"

Humid Morning

This morning was the first time I rode to work since late May. With summer hours over at work I don't have to get up at 4am to ride to work. I can sleep in another hr. wohoooo. Believe me that hr makes a big difference. I can get up at 5am with not much trouble, but getting up at 4am it's hard. My alarm would go off and I would just turn over and sleep.
This morning ride was one of the slowest commutes I've had in years. I was in pain from the get go, my legs didn't want to turn the cranks. It was so humid I was soaked 15 mins. into the ride. I really picked a great day too, it rained last night roads were wet, it's raining right now and more showers later this afternoon. It is now 1:50pm. I put the fenders on last night because nothing was going to stop me from riding in. I need long rides, many of them. I'm so far behind mileage wise a 3hr ride hurts.  But you know what, I can ride and I'm happy I can. Pain and all I loved the ride in this morning. It reminded me why I love being on a bike early in the morning.
Get out and ride.