Last Ride of the Month

I absolutely had to ride my bike today. It's the last day I can use my bus pass. Technically, I have two more days in the month to use it, but I won't.

It was a damn fine day to ride this morning and I could tell I hadn't ridden in over a week. My legs were screaming on the hill. But the weather was warm enough to make the ride pleasant and cool enough to wake me up.

We broke out the tandem last night and did a little ride around the park. I think I like it but thank God it's not my only bike. It seems like we can't go as fast . The difference between 18 and 21 speeds is amazing.

I also thought that it would be less effort but that did not seem to be the case. I think that part of the reason is because of the way I sit on it. It's a lot more upright than my mountain bike. You don't have the position where you can push down with some of your body weight. In this position, you have to use more leg.

Riverfront Park was all set up for this weekends Labor Day extravaganza, "Pig Out in the Park". It's already gone on for two days but the weekend is where it really takes off. In fact, I believe we are riding the tandem down there tonight.



I rode to Taco Bell at lunch time and I saw Tatt there. You may recall that he is one of the guys I see on the bus on a semi-regular basis. We continued to our relationship of not acknowledging each others existence. I did learn that his name is Glenn. (or Glen...not sure) They called his name when his order was ready. Somehow, I managed to remember it long enough to get it listed here. I'm horrible with names.