Time

This was a good week of riding for me plus the days are getting longer and the weather has been cooperating. All told, over 8 hours on the bike and about 140 miles of work. Saturday was the first longer ride with the new components. I didn't push any big hills, just ran the rollers and a few moderate climbs. With the slightly longer crank arms, my legs are still getting used to it but on the flats I am faster. It must be the gear combinations. On the hills I did ride, I didn't see much difference yet. I think I will as my body gets used to the changes made to the bike as I ride more hills.

I organized the garage this weekend and got all the bikes hung on the wall and organized my tools and made a work bench space. It looks much better. All the Kaizen at work is paying off. I will be adding one more bike to the wall as Craig and I will be building his bike this week. I look forward to the time building it with him. As an added bonus, OB12OLD will be along for the fun. My goal is to get Craig to build as much as possible - give him the wrench and guidance but he does the bulk of the work, at least that is the plan. We'll see how it works out. At the very least, it will be good times for three dudes hanging in the garage.

I just wanted to send a note of Congrats to Stijn DeVolder on winning the Tour of Flanders. My wall paper on my work desktop is of him on the cobles at last year's edition in route to the win. There is something about the grimace on his face, the tension in his legs, and the fans in close proximity that I love about the picture. I've posted it here to share.