Been riding a lot between welcome summer rains - just haven't posted in awhile.
Two great long-distance coffee rides over the weekend.
Stevo and his daughter on Saturday. We rode in to meet Tiffany's Saturday morning group, but just when we got there, Lou texted she had called it for 20% threat of wet streets.
So we went into Pearl for coffee. They were on the steel Santana tandem.
(Lindsay has the cool watermelon helmet)
Market days was setting up in Pearl, and there was a vendor with fresh Fredericksburg peaches - don't know if you've ever had a fresh peach on a bike ride, but nothing tastes better - but they weren't allowed to sell before 9am, and we were shooting to get back to Castle Hills by then.
With them on the tandem, had to ride my Moser to chase them into downtown, and my daughter stood us up - must have been a late Friday.
rode the '57 Lenton on Sunday, again from Steve's house.
Got to ride with Lou on Sunday, and won't get that privilege for the rest of the month - he's off to France, to watch The Tour, eat too much - and a special stop in Lyon hoping to find obscure brackets for his Charrel.
At the end of our 9-ball tournament, Steve said he'd be practicing before next week...
here's a little billiards lubricant
@fordmike65 needs to sample
Just got in today from knocking out 30 mi on the greenway in wonderful overcast (plus almost cool and only moderately humid for a summer morning here).
With all our rain over the past week, Salado marsh has a flowing channel, some wet spots over the trail, and a little portage required, all adding to the adventure.
'74 International
On the way out, I did make the portage under the railroad trestle
but on the way back - oops, it's bottom bracket deep - ok for the the BB, it's labyrinth-sealed SKF - but I had to stop and wring out my socks
