August 2008

I biffed last night. Hard. It was in Wissahickon. Fortunately, the injuries will heal and no scars will be visible, unless I want them to. It was entirely my fault. I sat where I should have stood and got tossed over the bars. I was going too fast too. :) I have four, maybe five stitches in my right elbow, one stitch in my right knee, a severely bruised left thigh, and lots

We had our weekly Pennypack Park ride tonight. Sixteen people turned up. In all we had several new faces and lots of regulars all converging on the best single track inside Philadelphia city boundaries. I arrived about 5:45 after picking up my bike from Guy’s. It had a new cluster and was finely tuned for good shifting. In the parking lot as I prepared for the ride, I recalled mentioning to Dimitri on

This weekend has been much better than last weekend. Friday night I went for Mexican food in Chalfont. Saturday morning I met up with Tom from Reading and we rode Salisbury up near Bethleham, PA, which is about an hour north of my place. I was late leaving, and Tom called me to make sure I was on my way. He did a short loop while I continued my trek north. At 9:20