Autumn ride

There’s little sweeter than a perfect autumn day like today for a nice 60K ride — just warm enough to stay comfortable in shorts (with an expected amount of sleeve-up, sleeve-down sort of stuff), sunny and beautiful. Many of the leaves are down, and the color is kinda all over the place. There’s more roadkill than I’ve seen all summer, which seems odd, but maybe the possums and porcupines are depressed about the bear market. (There was also a dead squirrel in our yard the other day, spread-eagle, not a mark on him save the little x’s over his eyes.) My new Crank Brothers Quattro pedals are excellent – easy to clip in, big stable base for power transfer, and especially efficient on the climbs. I couldn’t go the way I had wanted because of some last minute roadwork – it’s the time of year when everybody’s rushing to finish things before the asphalt plants close – so I went off to the north and was just as happy running the fresh pavement on Snake Hill Road. Very nice.

Wish you’d been there instead of slaving the beautiful day away? Then click, just click: