After flatting last winter from a sharp sand spicule on my skinny-tire bike, and thoughts of a lot of roadcrew sand dumping again this winter, not to mention noticeable street and road deterioration, I decided to test-ride some CX bikes. A Crux caught my eye. I test-rode it. Aah, this is niice. Then I talked my wife into test-riding a smaller one, overcoming her reticence to ride a drop-bar bike for the first time in her life. She got on it in the parking lot and disappeared. Came back with a big gleam on her face. So we got each other his and hers Christmas presents.
We rode some hills around Sonoma, crossed the Golden Gate, and ended up touring a dog park. Then I did the bike trail from Marina to Pacific Grove. Back home, we've had weather ranging from -17 F to 68. Been riding on the warmer days. I'm not worried about riding in the road sand or hitting potholes.
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