Tonight when I was on the final leg of my "training ride", I slipped the chain onto the big ring and brought her home at a steady 23 mph. They'd probably laugh at me on the Road Forum, but for a 55 year old on an early 1980s vintage Columbus SL steel road bike it was like discovering the fountain of youth. Once upon a time in the 1980s I wouldn't have given this a second thought, but to be back here again after all these years . . . to feel the exhilaration I once knew and to realize "I'm BACK" was truly awesome.

Life is good. Beer is on me tonight!