Okay, I’m sitting here in December with the sun shining and wishing I could go for a ride. I put the bike away yesterday, taking all the batteries, lights and electronics off and bringing them indoors, and covered it up with a tarp.
I did several rides of length – overnighters – last summer. The trip to Angola for Memorial Day, the trip to the Rochester Hamfest and the Erie Canal tour. But after that, I sort of lost my steam and didn’t get out again all summer. Maybe it was the heat, the rain, other things going on, or just a succession of excuses, but once immobile, I tended to stay immobile. Inertia set in.

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