Fat Tire FAIL!

OK, So I got invited by the roadies to go for a 29 mile ride today, and at my buddy George's suggestion I left the Cobia behind and tried out the Trek 7.5FX we got for my wife. I will admit that it wasn't a bad ride and the group was really a good one ( especially considering I am the snail of the group for the day). The weather was excellent by Oklahoma standards sunny, upper 60's, and only about a 10 MPH wind (headwind outbound). George was realizing tht I like to corner faster than the roadies, which I blame on my fat tire heritage (brakes in the corner - sacrilege!), but he pointed out that the poor skinny little tires on these bikes are allergic to almost everything and love to flat (have you flatted yet?). I have to admit that I am used to the 29er tires which tend to roll over almost anything in their path with little issue. All in all it was a great day hanging with the roadies.

Just before the ride my wife and I had put in a few miles with our son in tow and realized that the trailer makes a great boat anchor when traveling into the wind. I think I worked harder on this short ride than on the 29 miles with the roadies. However, the trailer makes like a sail when going with the wind! :)

Reality can be cold

Well, I came to the conclusion the despite the cool weather here in Tulsa at this point in the year I need to get out and ride. The Tulsa Tough is only about three months out now and I have given myself too many excuses. Since it was neither snowing or throwing golf ball sized hail at me I figured that it was a good day to bike to work. Cloudy and 40 degrees on the way in and dark and 40 on the way home. Strange how eight hours passed and nothing changed other than the wind increased to 13 mph. Note to self, headlights were invented for a reason, as noted by the sudden appearance of objects in the path (sidewalk). Does night vision help? Not when the HID headlights of a BMW smack you in the eyes.