I got my bike back from the shop today. While there this guy brings in an OLD Schwinn road bike. I don't know bike that well, but it was a steel frame with rusted steel wheels. Looked like electrical tape on the bars. I overhear the guy talking to the mechanic he says "yeah I have worn off all the teeth on most of the rear sprockets"... Yep he said sprockets not cassette. Says he has been riding in the same gear for a LONG time now. When he wore one gear out he would switch to another... I guess he ran out of gears... LOL He then goes on to say that "the front gear (not chain ring) came off of a mountain bike"... He said he liked the ratio and would like to keep it the same if possible when they put a new "sprocket" on. Says he rides 30 miles a day in the summer and more in the winter. I'm thinking to myself... he LOVES that bike.... how cool!!!

Anyway.... rode 17.38 miles today.... Felt really bad for the first 6 miles.. heat I think. Stopped to take a pic... after that felt really good. Saw a baby gator sunning itself in the middle of the trail. (see What have you found while riding thread for pic).