Lubed my sweetie's old Raleigh hybrid, pumped up the tires, and accompanied her on her first ride of the year, a 4 or 5 mile cruise on the network of bike paths around Alewife: the East Arlington section of the Minuteman, the Alewife Greenway, the embryonic segment of the Mass. Central Rail Trail that runs along the Little River out to Belmont. I rode the old GT with the balloon tires. Shorts and sandals, a pleasant ride and a literal change of pace.

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