Best: riding more b/c of divorce
worst: divorce
Best: riding more b/c of divorce
worst: divorce
best: getting 2 new bikes in the middle of the year
worst: pulling a hip abductor muscle in October
Product wise...
Best: Catlike Whisper Plus helmet...This summer was HOT...and This is the best-ventilated helmet I have ever worn...Excellent fit , too.
Worst: SRAM 9 speed chain...."Ring....Ring...You have reached the voicemail of SRAM Quality Control....There is nobody available to take your call...."
Also on the good side....The resurgence of tubulars...
Less riding because of bilateral knee replacement in August.
First ride after surgery of 10 miles!! Next best...25 miles at Christmas.
Mike
while on bike tour, eureka, Ca to Morro Bay
one night at Bodega Dunes
feral cats became my friends...
best: leaving Banff, AB on my first attempt at the Tour Divide
worst: sitting in Reno after a couple of days from tossing in the towel at Butte, MT
realizing that I didn't go into it with enough cash, and wondering why my skin keeps exuding this weird waxy feeling... not to mention an eruption of saddle soars
worst: returning to Monterey, and thinking... "this is it?" <-- realizing how small things are
Best: Discovering the VSalon, seeing the light, selling my Giant and getting a Moots.
Worst: Me posting a Giant TCR in the gallery . I was so young and naive then (last March).
Best: Riding (the full) D2R2 first the first time. What incredible roads!
Worst: Andy Schleck's fist pump at the top of Tourmelet followed by Contador grabbing his face and winking. (ok, maybe the latter is a "best")
worst: lil puddle on January trail ride ends up being a six foot sinkhole, taken at 18mph.
best: missing the submerged tree limb by a foot. pretty good endorphin/adrenaline rush and bike and rider AOK other than losing my glasses.
pic below is scene of the crime a few months later.2.jpeg
Awesome!
Best: Ascents up both sides of the Tourmalet plus one up Luz Ardiden in the rain
Worst: Descents down both sides of the Tourmalet plus one down Luz Ardiden in the rain
Worst choice in customer-applied bar caps:
Live 16GA shotgun shells.
Best: Discovering good Clinchers, Challenge Paris Robaix and Vittrio Open Pave, Mmmmmmmmm
Even Better Best: Finding this place and having you all to ask about things like good clinchers. Thanks for this place!!!!
Worst: Bonking on the Saratoga 24 and covering 8 miles in the last 2 hrs.
Best events:
Richmond NAHBS
D2R2 day & night
Best products:
Ultegra 6700
Zanconato
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