Today was the first time in 2014 that I (sadly?) rode exclusively on pavement. It wasn’t long, barely topping an hour and a half, but my wheels did not touch dirt, mud, ice or snow (other than the thick layer of dust that litters our sun porch).
Because I knew I would be on pavement the whole time, I of course chose to ride my knobby tired, mud encrusted Jake The Snake cross bike (that I NEVER race cross on).
Hey, I never said I was smart (I think most readers figured that out long ago). It’s just that my trusty and loved Salsa Campeon road bike is still on the trainer and I have learned from experience not to take a bike off the trainer in Michigan until May… maybe June!
The ride was short (1:25-ish), the ride was sweet. I rode pavement (not a fan) and got back home in time to bake two loves of whole wheat bread, do a shit ton of laundry, get the B-Man at school and help Wifey take care of heaps of bureaucratic bullshit in the attempt to get the titles to two cars that we paid off, but the great fucking Commonwealth of PA never sent us titles for. Grrrrrrrr!
I could go on and on about how we have two cars that are paid off (one broke down at a dealer in PA and one here in Michigan) that we OWN but never received titles for. How two state DMVs, two car dealers and Toyota USA told us five different things and how we have ONE shit car that we are TRYING LIKE FUCK to trade in on a new car, so we can have a reliable care to get BACK to PA to trade in the broken down xB on a new NOT broken down Scion xB or xD (or other Toyota product). But I won’t.
Fuck cars, I’m going strictly bike from now on.
But probably not.
Ug, fuck cars, fuck bitching, fuck Pennsylvania, fuck Michigan, fuck Toyota. It’s getting closer and closer to spring summer. I am getting more and more riding in and less and less time on the trainer or in the gym. THAT is all good stuff. Not to mention I am in the midst of drinking some bad ass gin and tonics. Fuck that too.
Hey look, it’s Jake (the dog) laying in the sun….
I wanna be a dog. Not your dog, but A dog.
Later.