Message #11610

[LivingProof]

The decision making process sucks!
Vt. weather
Wed - mostly showers and wind
Thr - Sun, 50
Friday - Winter returns, hard freeze.
Not worth the drive, last day is postponed.

The biking this weekend was a major surprise, just great weather and no wind. First day, 15, then 15, then 20 miles. Just cruising along the flat shoreline roads, it just returned easily. For sure, much, much easier than a year ago when I returned to biking following a decade away.

The love-gap between roadies and off-road bikers may be closer to the gap between skiers and boarders. An opinion is that each goes out of the way not to understand the other. Something like our elected officials. Philly has some nice off-road areas and I need to spend more time on them. I'm considering trading my cross trainer for a mtn bike or 29er.

I think Ron has a point in that if one likes to live on the edge, mountain biking has more appeal, although riding in city traffic is also living on the edge. A personal opinion is that you need to be a little introverted to like road biking in that it's a great opportunity to have a conversation with yourself.