Choices

So, on hot days it works better to road ride, because you get a breeze from moving faster. However, sometimes the woods are cooler, so it makes sense to mountain bike. On these hot and humid days, sometimes it makes more sense to sit in a cool house and have a beer. That is what I opted to do yesterday.

The only outing I went on was to drive Hubby to the local (and I use the term loosely; 45 minute drive = local) bike shop to fix his derailleur. When he went mountain biking, he caught a stick and WHAMMMO.....bent derailleur and hanger. To top off his ride, there was a big branch across one of the stone walls, so he tried to move it. It was too long, so he decided to break it, hitting it on the stone wall. Hit #2 resulted in a piece of the branch coming back and hitting him. Taught him that branches may be tougher than they appear. So he showed up from his ride with blood streaming down his face and a bent derailleur.

We drove over the Alps and on our way back, we saw a guy struggling up the other side, helmet undone (per Hubby: That's so when he wrecks, he doesn't get his helmet scratched.) . The problem was that he wasn't even to the steep part of the hill.....but it is all good.

Heat and Humidity = Some of my worst enemies! But the fun part of the trip over to the bike shop is that we picked out a helmet light for me so that I can still ride when it gets dark early! And cross country ski! wahoo!

Pedal Pedal Pedal Y'all.