Logging the Miles

Off and riding, that's me today! Yesterday I put on the new computer (wireless) and have logged 10.5 miles. If that's what I did today, I currently have about 70 miles on the bike. It's such a nice ride. In fact, tonight when I got on my mountain bike, it felt very strange. Normally getting on my mountain bike is like sitting in the back seat of a Cadillac...cushy and great. Today I felt stretched out!

One thing I love about the Black Sheep is the perfect geometry. It's so well balanced, I can stand at a stoplight and balance without much trouble at all. It also came with a Brooks Imperial saddle. I've never ridden on a Brooks as I always thought they looked like some sort of torture device. Much to my surprise, it is as comfortable as my Terry Butterfly...probably even more so.

We put the B.O.B trailer on my mtn bike tonight to test it out. This weekend we'll be riding the Weiser river trail and formally beginning our training schedule for next year's trip to Alaska. The WRT is about 164 miles round trip, and no, we haven't trained for this distance at all, so we're going to take it easy. We'll be towing the B.O.B with the tent and our sleeping bags, as well as food/cookware, etc. It's on my bike now, but I think we'll be switching back and forth to be fair.

A little bit about Alaska: We've got a tandem Cannondale (MT800) sitting in storage in Anchorage and we plan to fly up next summer and ride it back to Boise. For the first time ever we're going to take a leave of absence from work...for two entire months. I'm so excited about that, I can hardly stand it. We'll be doing part of the trip on the Alaska Marine Highway boats so it won't all be riding. As we've only been on a tandem twice at this point, we need some practice miles and are trying to find a bike to borrow once in a while here in Boise. We shall see.

The commute today reminds me of why I do it...decompression from a yucky day at work. I wish more people did it...we'd all be in better moods.

Until we meet again, ciao. Ride on!