A friend and I wrapped up a seventeen mile bike ride this week along the Mississippi river. The weather was sheer meteorological perfection, low 70’s (F) with only a slight cool breeze off the water. When you’re a cyclist living in America’s equivalent of Siberia, you have to take advantage of the nice weather when it appears.
We took our time to enjoy the sights and finished in about an hour and forty minutes, averaging a leisurely ten miles per hour.
Some of my regular readers might remember how I’ve restored my 1959 Raleigh Sports over the past few years. I’ve put a lot of time and effort into the bike and I love it, it’s built like a tank and is a work of art (I would hang it on my wall to admire if I could) but it’s weighs as much as two modern road bikes.
The Raleigh is amazing for flat trails, riding around the neighborhood, and the occasional trip to the store but it’s HEAVY.
My friend Fong (
Today Fong let me know that when he rides alone he averages around sixteen miles per hour instead of the ten mph that we averaged. This left me feeling like the old guy that people had to wait up for.
The universe seems to be pointing me towards a new bike. My brother (
All this has led me to consider buying a lighter, modern road bike for longer distance rides. I know it’s stupid but In a weird way it feels like I’m cheating on the old Raleigh for just thinking about getting a new one. I guess it is easy to get attached to things we put so much time and effort into.
So to my old Raleigh...it's not you, it's me but you're about to get a new stablemate.
Happy Peddling,
Eric
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