First ride since August of this year. Prior to today, I had ridden dozen times in 2016. In spite of my best intentions, day-to-day obligations came first. The ride today reminded me why I ride. It's the pure unfettered joy of rolling up and down the hills with wind in my face. Pushing one meditative pedal stroke after another, I find myself on top of a hill enjoying a view of the surrounding area. Of course, the riding has the added benefit of keeping my fit. 

It was a slow ride easing back into the routine of things. The ride was fun, but not quite exhausting. With updated schedule, I can ride more! Time for Erick to join in.

You may have noticed that I made a slight modification to my Kreitler Alloy Roller by adding an inline skating wheel that prevents the rider from falling off of the roller. One of the safety wheels is missing because a wing-nut came off. To prevent the wing-nut from coming loose in the future, I will apply blue medium strength LOCTITE.

mtbr.com and other bicycle web-site are a good resource if you wish to learn how to install a safety wheels yourself.

Funny enough, after the modification I never come close to even touching the safety wheels. You can see in the below YouTube video that I'm actually trying the touch the safety wheels while looking very bad at it. 

First loop around Seven Springs Trail (in Fremont Older OSP) was good.  Trail was slightly damp and perfect for riding. Coming out of first loop and into the second loop, rain started falling.  Not hard bit of drizzle. Trail got wet enough to become muddy and slippery. I don't mind riding in the rain, but we left before the trail damage can be done by riding in a wet trail. 

Here's a picture of my Lynskey 650B Ridgeline resting by the tree near the Masie's Peak in Fremont Older.