Summer is here, my favorite time of the year. I love the hot days and warm nights. I really wish winter did not have to rear it's ugly head in a few short months again. Summer is a gift from God and I surely am thankful for it.
That being said, summer is also a time in which we all bear a little more skin, shorts, t-shirts, tank tops, swim trunks. I can look back to a year ago and see that I have slowly allowed some weight to creep back onto my once lean and mean 5 foot 8 inch frame. It's soooo hard to keep the pounds off when you get older.
I have taken up a new hobby to try and at least remain steady as far as my weight goes. I am now officially an amature cyclist. Yes, I am...I have the spandex shorts, bike jersey, sunglasses, helmet and clip-in shoes. I will not post a picture my said self in the spandex just yet..it's kind of funny.
I bought a used Schwinn LeTour that was older than me last year, but it was just too heavy for serious riding. I have been considering having to shell out some real money for a real bike this year, but instead I found a used Trek 760 for a fraction of the cost of a new Trek 1000. It's old, but not as old as the schwinn. And it's half again as light. I have made some modifications, adding a pair or aerobars, frame bag, rear view mirror, new tires, etc.
I have been very happy thus far with the bike, it was state of the art back in 1985 and cost probably close to 1000 bucks. It rides very smooth and I don't have a back ache at all like I had on the Schwinn. I have even decided to enter a bike race called the Holland Hundred. I will probably not be riding the entire distance. The most I have riden so far in one outing is 20 miles, but I am getting better.
Here are some pictures I have taken of the object of my most recent obsession.
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