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Jonathan Bond
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Picked up some tights earlier today, decided I wanted to go and needed them in the future anyway.
Pearl Izumi Microfleece (no chamois, prefer to wear shorts beneath), on sale... for $55. OUCH! So
comfy though.
Thursday Night Mellow Ride with RAGE. Rode up to the Fells with a woman who works for the 24 Hours
of Adrenaline company, as well as Ride Magazine. Met up with about 50 RAGE on Boston riders. Joined
the medium group, stayed at the front of it the whole time, cleared some things I thought I
couldn't, got two flats (one front, one rear... I really need new tires, they were both pumped up
pretty hard, the sidewalls are just not holding up anymore and the tread is getting thin between the
knobs. The knobs just don't want to go though, they're rounded and shortened, but still there.)
Synopsis, for the lazy ones:
Start: 5:30 from Tufts got back: 8:20 (got a ride, it was dark and it was offered!) Mechanicals: Two
flats by me, a wonky rear derailleur (fixed on the trail) by somebody else. Terrain: Rocky, Rooty,
tacky singletrack. Lots of steep ups and downs. Some fast, loose fireroads. Miles: Who cares?
Temperature: 33 degrees F.
Second ride this week, both with groups, both fairly fast. I'm way more in shape now than I was even
1/2 way into the summer. Sweet. Gonna be a fun year!
Jon Bond
Pearl Izumi Microfleece (no chamois, prefer to wear shorts beneath), on sale... for $55. OUCH! So
comfy though.
Thursday Night Mellow Ride with RAGE. Rode up to the Fells with a woman who works for the 24 Hours
of Adrenaline company, as well as Ride Magazine. Met up with about 50 RAGE on Boston riders. Joined
the medium group, stayed at the front of it the whole time, cleared some things I thought I
couldn't, got two flats (one front, one rear... I really need new tires, they were both pumped up
pretty hard, the sidewalls are just not holding up anymore and the tread is getting thin between the
knobs. The knobs just don't want to go though, they're rounded and shortened, but still there.)
Synopsis, for the lazy ones:
Start: 5:30 from Tufts got back: 8:20 (got a ride, it was dark and it was offered!) Mechanicals: Two
flats by me, a wonky rear derailleur (fixed on the trail) by somebody else. Terrain: Rocky, Rooty,
tacky singletrack. Lots of steep ups and downs. Some fast, loose fireroads. Miles: Who cares?
Temperature: 33 degrees F.
Second ride this week, both with groups, both fairly fast. I'm way more in shape now than I was even
1/2 way into the summer. Sweet. Gonna be a fun year!
Jon Bond