What is up with our weather lately? It's Friday, May 27th and it's pouring outside my kitchen window! My grass looks great though! Very dark green and thick and lush. No wonder I'm vitamin D deficient and on prescription vitamin D (once a week I have to take a 50,000 capsule of vitamin D). Maybe I'll see Mr. Sun on the east side when we drive over to see our son in Spokane.

On the bright side my hubby bought me a new bike. I hate riding my Specialized Compact Ruby Expert (all carbon frame sweet components like roval wheel set, all ultegra parts) in wet or nasty weather so my training on such days is nil. So Joe bought me a Cannondale Synapse Feminine Alloy 5 Compact. She's beautiful too. She is going to be my winter/wet weather bike. She comes with shimano 105 shifters and cranks but for winter/wet weather riding that will do. Joe said he will upgrade the components as they wear out. So eventually I know she will get a nice upgrade.

This is my Specialized (warm weather summer time bike):



and this is my new Canondale Synapse:



We ordered her last weekend from REI in Seattle (they were out of my size frame) and we picked her up last night. I wanted to take her out for a test ride today but POURING rain is a bit too much for me. So hopefully Monday afternoon when we return from Spokane.

When the weather gets a bit nicer I will take pictures of them both. These pictures I grabbed off the vendor sites.