What a terrific ride this morning. When I was walking the dogs it was in the 40s, but it had to have hit the 50s by the time I swung my leg over the bike. Since I only had to go 1 way today, I decided I would ride my newly finished Raleigh Sports. I also dressed the part, I suppose, by not wearing any bike specific clothing, except for my Chrome shoes. I was wearing a jacket as I got to get moving, but took it off and stuffed it in my messenger bag.



The ride was 12.5 miles, as I took a detour into a park for a photo op and a short break.



Wooden bridges are indeed slippery when wet, as I had a bit of a knockdown when I braked on this one...it was kind of fun...my messenger bag stopped the fall short and I was moving at a slow speed...kind of made me think of some of the silly mud rides I like to do after a lot of rain.

I need to move the saddle back a bit, but otherwise it was a comfortable ride. I still managed to average 12 MPH, and the only time I had to huff and puff was going up the overpass, otherwise the gearing was just fine. I am quite sore from a hard gym workout yesterday, so an easy, slow spin was just what the doctor ordered.

Dinner with my wife and her old roommate is in town, so will be in her car on the way home. And now my Sports can stay at work, where I intended it to live anyway.