Try buying a bike right now. Just try it. I dare you. I've been plopped smack dab in the lull between the selling out of the '08 models and the fresh arrival of the '09s.
Still no bike. It'll be two months since I've ridden a road bike on Thursday.
The good news is that I don't think I'm as bad off as I thought I was. Dave convinced me to go out with he and the good ol' boys last Sunday, and assured me there'd be a 30 mile bailout route. Nope, no such thing. I spun along for the full 70ish miles -- definitely the longest ride I've done fixed -- on a saddle that makes me hate life after 10 miles.
But I hung on for the most part, shook things up at some town lines a few times, and was up to no good in general. The toughest section was heading west, as there was a pretty stiff east wind, and while everyone else seemed to be recovering, I was spinning out trying to keep up.
Sure, I was cramping at the end, and the phrase 'my kingdom for a freewheel' kept running through my head for quite some time, but I survived.
Soon, I tell you, soon.
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You don't know how many dreams I crush every day at work. "yeah we have that left but only in a 62 or a 48cm...gotta wait another month for the 2009s!!". It's harrowing.
PS WHEN ARE YOU VISING?
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