This is a relatively enlightened but marginally qualified post to this blog.  Yesterday, March 20, 2010, the day before someone turned 29 BTW, it was incredibly warm here in northern New England (upper 60’s F) and absolutely gorgeous.  Given this was the first day since last summer that felt this way and there were no other crises, it was a perfect opportunity to deal with some broken trees and items around the yard, which Mary and I did for the day.  Why does this relate to a bike blog, you ask?  Well, we started with outside stuff, then swept and organized the garage a bit, and the finale for this annual tradition is always blowing up the tires on the bikes.  Usually this entails a quick flirtation with a compressor and then replacing the dusty bikes in the corner.  However, since there is new inspiration for biking, this was a major and culminating event in the day.  The grandchildren seem to have newer and cleaner bikes (go figure), and their tire pressure was good.  There was more dust and grime on Mary’s and mine, but with a wipe down and some air, they are good to go.   Those new, obscenely priced puncture resistant tires I put on my bike last year held up well over the winter.  I did a liberating 0.05 miles in the driveway without a helmet and in boots, and then carefully put the bikes away.  The NEXT uncommitted Saturday that breaks 60 F will definitely be a day for the road!

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