Dave's Good Stuff

My last commute was in October. Early October. It was relatively warm out in the 50′s and 60′s. It took nearly two months for the Dew Drop to arrive, and in that time, I only rode the Torelli twice. Both of those rides were in October.

Kansas is notorious for having about two weeks of Autumn. It’s hot for months. Then it’s fantastically nice for two weeks. Then it’s bitter cold for months. Spring comes, and it’s fantastically nice for two weeks before it starts raining, and then it’s hot again.

I missed Autumn. I missed the fantastically nice days. Honestly, I could have gotten out, but my motivation was quite low, and I opted to get back into pool again instead. But the new bike is here, and while it’s just in time to head off the expanding waist line, it’s too late to enjoy the last few really good days of the year. Sure, we may have more mild days coming up in the next few weeks, but I’m not counting on it.

So both yesterday and today, I faced cross/headwinds on every ride. Plus it was cold. Kansas is up to it’s old tricks…

Back to the new bike. The Dew Drop is a wonderful ride. It’s smooth on it’s 60psi 37mm tires. It’s quiet… nay *stealthy* on it’s new drivetrain components. It’s solid and sure on it’s disc brakes. It has really comfortable bar tape. I think it’s rubber. Basically, as Noah puts it, it’s a sweet ride. He even got a picture of me with it.

I look kinda goofy.

The bike does not.