"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."

Yesterday I got my first taste of a carbon fiber road bike and I am absolutely in love. The moment I got on it I could tell how much SMOOTHER and quick it is compared to my aluminum steed. Components were all top of the line. It was a Madone 6.2 so I really got spoiled! Took me a while to learn the duotap shifting but once I got a hang of it, it was really fun. To bad it was only a rental.

A portion of my ride was through the Minuteman Trail. According to Wikipedia:

The Minuteman Bikeway is a 10-mil paved multi-use rail trail located in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts.

The path comprising the current Minuteman Bikeway has a long history. The trail closely approximates the route that Paul Revere took on his famous ride in 1775, which heralded the beginning of the American Revolution.

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Boston has a great bike culture. Car drivers are patient and respectful. Didn’t give me a hard time at all.

Been trying to follow the Tour de France since Saturday. It’s sad we don’t get professional cycling on big channels like ESPN. Instead it’s on Versus and I won’t  need/want to watch that channel 11 months out of the year when the Tour isn’t going on. Oh well. 

Hey for 9 and half thousand dollars you can get the same bike Team Radioshack uses.

One can dream. 

Yes.

One of Miami’s bicycle blogs sent me this shirt. Best of all it matches my bike. I’m one happy camper.