Looking to the weekend

   I was at a group ride on Wednesday night and got really amused.  It is a really well organized club ride that I haven 't attended in years.  While every body was replete with spandex regalia and unobtainium componetry designed by the latest group of MIT dropouts, I was on my '86 TREK that I love so well.  I got a few odd glances which reminded me of the look I get from non cyclists when they see me at the bank or hardware store on my bike.  The non-cyclists would ask "OMG do you need a ride" while the cyclists looked back at me that night as if to say "OMG do you need a heart-rate monitor."  I don't pretend to race so I was fine going in the slowest group (15-17 mph is fine with me).  I got a few quizzical looks from the couple I was with who were amazed at the thin tubing, leather grips and "those, those shifters are so far away!" and "you don't have a computer!"

    Oh well, I'm gone for a day or two to help a scout troop with an orienteering project.  The upside for me is that the area we are camping in has some really great MTB trails and I get to transform the Hunqapillar into a 29er for the first time.  I plan to take lots of pics.