Thanks Jim from Boston! I've enjoyed getting to know a select handfull of members and you're one of them.

Even if I stop commuting (as of today) I have lots of bike related stuff on my mind. I saw 2 bikes on CL that I asked about and may visit today. I have plans to continue the conversion on this hybrid and will change the shifters and brake levers, and go a bit narrower and harder with tires.

I may even buy a new bike or two ... yikes. Soooo ... tempting. I've had so much fun this past spring and summer.

Big issue for me though are that the fall is our busy season at work. I'm in the office from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm M-F then I'm off to CT every Friday night to work all day Saturday. Yes, that's 7 days a week and this lasts into November. The proverbial sh*t hits the fan at the end of August with a quick work trip to MD. When I'm in the office it's non-stop mayhem and I only get away from my desk at lunchtime. I used to run at the gym 2-3 miles every day to release the stress etc. but we moved further from my gym and I can't do that. Anyway I won't be free to post during the day again 'till January, and then, as I've learned the seasonal riders begin their planning and learn from the year-rounders like yourself.

I'm sure to get some long joy rides in this fall on my free day, Sunday. But that might only be one or two. So if I can get my act together and courage up ... :-) to bike commute a couple days a week into September and maybe even October then I will be very happy indeed.

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I'll do what I can. I'm off on vacation next week again - hoping to drag my kids back to the cape for one last camping biking trip. They will complain and I will push. We'll see. Maybe it will turn into a solo trip.