Quote Originally Posted by emily_in_nc
Barry and I are planning to ride our Bike Fridays up to the Hillsborough Farmer's Market that morning - my first road ride since October. Should have nice weather for it! I am a little nervous, but for the sake of the environment and my own recovery, I know I need to do this. We live about 7-8 miles from there, and it will be fun to see riders out and about doing Bikefest when we roll into town.
Emily-

Awesome!!!!! You'll do great! Has Barry been riding at all (mtn biking?) or will this be his first time on the bike for a while? I'll keep an eye out for you - we're not scheduled to start until 8:30 and I'm not sure we'll be out of the gate all that quickly then - I'm thinking there will be lots of people that are really slow on the 31 mile ride. So...our pace will be leisurely (if I minded, I wouldn't be riding sweep ).

Still haven't decided on the Friday - Crusoe or Tourist (3 lb weight difference, right on either side of my current road bike) or barcons (though I really don't like rollamagigs and there's no other way to get the brakes I need) - I'm driving Walter crazy, I'm sure

You have my sympathies on Charlotte - I'll be back there before the end of the month on business too (probably), and I didn't even try to find somewhere to ride (we were staying downtown).

Carrie Anne