Yeeehaaaa!!! All around a fantastic biking day yesterday!! First solo ride!!!! A little nerve racking in the middle of the day with quite a bit of construction (avec gravel), many more monster trucks and buses than Sat n Sun mornings, pedestrians dancing around in the middle of the road, and several more "skill building" situations...but did really well. Remained calm, thought things through and executed! Really built my confidence! Spending years on my road bike has taught me a lot about manipulating traffic. Much easier to "own" the lane on the Bonnie, though. Then came home to find my new Ventura Rack system had arrived! Spent the next hour putting it on...SOOO easy and convenient. Got both the Sport Rack and the Pack Rack with the large 51 Lt. bag. Plenty of room for long weekend!! Can't wait!! Then spent the evening signing up with AMA for free roadside assistance...(nice to know I won't be stranded!) and then sewing my 2 Triumph patches on my jacket!! Doesn't get much better unless I am in my print studio! As far as all my other bikes, (Old Specialized Rock Hopper, Marin commuter, Jamis mountain, and newest Specialized Roubaix)...I fear I am actually considering selling most of them to save for my next motorized!! Although my soul is drawn to the more vintage styling (can't get enough of the Classics magazines...Vincents, Velocettes, Nortons, Royal Enfields, etc.) my sister in law got a new 2009 Street Triple R....NICE! Hmmm...gonna be a tough decision. Need to pay for the college tuition first though!
