Holy bloody Hell it was hot today. Bad ozone too. At least my tan is improving. Today's lunch ride was nothing special, but on the 4th, I had a great ride. I was in Williamstown, MA for the weekend visiting Liana. Williamstown is at the extreme north west corner of the state, so it borders NY to the west and VT to the north. There's a 30 mile loop that follows up over the Taconic Trail that lets you ride through all three states on a pretty route. Lets try this thing:


Holy crap it worked. It's MapMyRide.com, and it'll have to do till someone figures out how to use the real road data for non drivers, the mileage is a little low because you have to draw your own straight lines on the map. Anyway it was a gorgeous ride. Several mile climb right out of Williamstown up to the border of NY, then also several miles of downhill on the other side, WHEEEE! One thing is confirmed, my ass can tell the difference between an aluminum seatpost and a carbon one. New aluminum post, say hello to your replacement, a new CF post.

Still awaiting some parts for the John Deere, but I rode it fixed the other day, I think it'll shape up nicely. Hopefully it will look acceptable for the contest.