My Specialized gets some special attention

Season Miles: 2,243

Loomis, 26 miles
16.1 ave. speed
85 ave. cadence
Sunny and mild, 70 with wind 5-10

Despite being swamped with other duties keeping me away from the bike way too much, I was able to take advantage of the nice sunshine today and get back on my Roubaix, albeit for an all-too-brief 26-mile jaunt. But sometimes you take what your schedule will give you.

It felt great to be on the road again, but I was feeling very rusty and sore after taking in a pier, boat and boat lift from the water over the weekend. Not to mention all the grass cutting, yard work and try sweeping out a full basement that is only four feet high. Yeah, I was sore in odd places today after a weekend of work.

While riding back a guy on a Schwinn pointed at me as he stood stopped at an intersection. As I rode up to him he asked me what kind of bike I was on.

"Does that say Roo-BIX?" he asked. 

I had to laugh to myself as I explained the bike was called the ROO-BAY, like Paris-Roubaix you see.

Nice guy. He fell in love with my new blue and white beauty. He asked me a ton of questions about it and kept telling me how beautiful it looked.

He asked me if I raced, which I'm always flattered to hear because it tells me at least I look like I know what I am doing!

I told him I gave that up a few years ago. He then asked how old I was and when I told him 53 he barked out, "Hell I'm 64...come on!" Good guy.

So there...my Roubaix from Specialized got some special attention today. And in fact he is now thinking of buying Specialized.

I hope to get out there at least once or twice more this week, but things aside from cycling are hectic on my calendar.