Pack Fodder

Its been a pretty nice week on the wheels. This morning ran across a few deer down by the river. Something i have not seen ever. Even came across the largest snapping turtle i've seen since i was a kid. This thing was a big as a hubcap.
Logged about 400 miles on the schwinn, 300 on the redline, 200 on the MTB...however i thought the legs would come around and be good for 5 days of riding but i'm finding that wednesdays ride home is always the toughest, the legs feel empty and powerless. Thursday I feel a little better than wednesday and fridays aren't bad but not great either. Slow steady improvement though.

Just since monday gas at the local pump n' serve has gone up 6 cents so i feel pretty good about keeping some money in my pocket....

This morning was Harvards graduation day. Even at 6:30am grads were all over the place. I was amazed by the number of students running through red lights and walking as slowly as possible in front of traffic and in the cross walks. I can't tell you how many had the "deer in headlights" looks I saw when they finally look up from the middle of a cross walk and see a dump truck and myself coming down the street...we had the green light....and I will admit that there are a fair share of cylcists that blow through red lights but not paying attention and stepping off the sidewalk onto a busy street without looking....


Since i like links lately. I had a cookie from them the other day and they are pretty tastey and i like cookies. I only wish that more would appear.
Geoff and Drews Cookies

Still looking into getting rid of these Crank Brothers Candy SL pedals. They are crap. I keep them in good shape however the bearings stink and the mechanism / spring that holds the cleats in place keeping breaking. THis is on top of the already really soft cleats that wear out rather fast. I really like the crank brothers philosphy and support for racers and events but i'm down three pedals now in a years time. Might switch to Deore XT on all bikes. Change is good right?

And since i finally got a camera, with batteries no less. Here is the first picture....Seriously...we can't manufacturer a steel disc in this country. Wow...I passed over 4 of these on the way to work the other day. Yes, I go so slow i can see where these things are made, but i will say that some were made in the USA, others in South Africa and Mexico.....but the point remains the same.