Say “hello” to my little friend
Yes! That is right. My first road bike ever. We celebrated the first day of Spring with a new bike. When the gentleman at REI asked me where I liked to bike, I told him “Seattle”… and then explained I just moved here in January. So silly!
As some of you know, I had biked to work most of the year last year until I had a painful accident that left me bruised (black eye and really hurt arm) and my (dad’s) bike broken.
But I am getting back in the saddle. This spring and summer, Robb and I are looking forward to biking all around Madison. We hear there are some excellent trails close to us. After all, they do host an Iron Man here!
Unfortunately, Madison itself was not quite ready to welcome in Spring. Yes, that is right, as I write this post… there is a fresh layer of snow on the ground and the flakes are still falling. We got a lovely teaser the past few weeks … temperatures in the 40’s … snow melting everywhere! Birds returning, the lake starting to defrost… I even went running with just some lightweight pants and a long sleeved tee. Alas!
We are now waiting for the first big rain to wash away all of the salt and sand on the roads that like to rust bikes. I didn’t even think about it when we bought the bike. I mean, who puts salt on the road in Seattle?
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