So now that I had a respectable bike, it was time to go for a Pootle, I kept it short but wanted to see how the bike handled. I must say it is quite a bit more zippy than I had thought it would be and handled a bit of very mild singletrack with no issues. Even handled crossing some long grass quite well when the trail turned to a mess of broken glass.

I stopped for a bit of coffee downtown then we were off.



Past my current place of employment, a lovely, small, high end restaurant.



Down the hill to the parks and river bank, that's my Farmer's Market straight ahead.



Not this time, but soon. That trail heads 30 miles north then connects to a couple hundred miles of linked trails.



Sharing the view of the Tridge with a lovely couple. This is the meeting of two rivers, the "Tridge" connects three sets of Parks along the river's edges.