Everybody got out today! Nice pics!
I got out on the Masi this morning, doing a first run on new wheels I strung up a week ago and new tires, Veloflex Criteriums running 140psi.
They performed spectacularly. 44.9 miles, Waltham out to Carlisle, with a moving average around 15.5mph. Don't know exactly because I noticed the start/end times only on the outbound leg, and had a leisurely conversation with someone on the return. Had no flats this trip, probably because I was carrying two spare sew-ups in the handlebar bag. When you are prepared you never encounter the problems you are prepared for!
On the way back I met up with one of the guys who works at Belmont Wheelworks. He and (presumably) his wife were riding matching his'n'hers Raleighs from mid-last century. I asked the year, he told me, and I promptly forgot, but it may have been 1952. Rod brakes, 4-speed Sturmey-Archer rear hubs, white-tail fenders. Really cool. He also recognized my Masi as from Carlsbad, CA ~1975. Not many people even recognize a Masi at all these days.
It was a good day.
Then my sweetie and I took our canoe out the Assabet River. A very pleasant afternoon.
