The weather in Atlanta is perfect for riding this week, I'm even going to work tomorrow instead of telecommuting to take advantage of it.
I had a nice ride home yesterday. I never ride off road, my bike is mostly setup for it, it's an old 90's rigid Hard Rock with drop bars and cross levers and 2 inch Big Apple tires. It even has cx style cantis, with a leather saddle. I guess it's a monster cross tourer. For some random reason, I decided at work to google singletrack Atlanta and found that I ride past a trail on my way home, so why not check it out, it's listed as beginner level.
As I entered the park, a man and his son had their bikes at the trailhead and as I passed them, I heard the kid ask his dad, "Dad, what kind of bike is that? I'm not sure son"
The trail was nice, I didn't make it up the first hill as the rear tire started spinning (no knobbies), however I was surprised how much grip they did have, especially going up hill over tree roots where I expected them to spin out. A few mud holes proved no problem. In fact, the only slippage was the initial hill where the grade was too steep.
After I got back on the road, closer to home, I came up behind two policemen on bikes in Grant Park. They were going maybe 8-10 mph and I was cruising along maybe at 15. I thought to myself about the protocol for passing police officers, I suppose it's just like passing anyone else, I notified them I was coming around on the left, no problem, but it just felt a little different, I don't know why. I forgot briefly that police on bikes are not necessarily policing bikers, they are just on bikes. But I did pay more attention to how I was riding than I do when I see police in cars every day. Still better not roll through the stoplights. What if we had a chase, for once, I could probably take them, except that radio thing they have.
Just some odd random excerpts from my day, I hope everyone is out enjoying the great weather.