
So in classic Colorado fashion yesterday was a high of 75, then I spent the night thinking the house would be swept into the sky like "Wizard of Oz," and today is cloudy with a high of 35. I haven't checked, but I don't think we've crushed any wicked witches. There was some swirling snow overnight, but no, none of it stuck to the pavement as Colorado air is dry dry dry.
Some Blog-keeping:
1. Got to test-ride the new team 'cross bike (Ridley X-Fire) on Friday for sizing. Boy, that thing is light! I think the road bikes will revolt when that featherweight enters the stable.
2. Hit Jamestown on the team ride Saturday. Jamestown was an absolute mad-house. Even in the depths of summer you'll never see that many cyclists up there. And therein lies the problem, everyone rides during the winter and spring and disappears in summertime when the weather is actually nice!
3. Of course I went too hard on Saturday's ride and my legs are completely trashed. I've got to figure out how to behave on group rides. On the plus side, I was able to blast passed Jenna uphill in the big ring, and crushing the spirits of random cyclists is always good fun. "Is that a car?", "Yikes" and "Whoa" were all comments I heard, but of course, the real goal is to leave a trail of tears in an actual bike race. One of these days I hope to be the guy with the smallest butt and the biggest quads. That is the name of the game!
4. Since I wasn't feeling the motivation today, I actually hunkered down and did some of the bike maintenance I've been procrastinating on. I disassembled, cleaned, and reassembled 2 bottom brackets, uninstalled 3 cranksets, installed 2 cranksets, adjusted 2 front derailleurs and spent about 3 hours crouched down like a kindergarten kid wishing Jenna hadn't hid the stepstool upstairs.