Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Both TrickyTiger and I are in your neck of the woods (Lake Forest Park/Bothell).

When I get Flossie back from the LBS I'd love to do a TE ride.

BTW I'm likely to put Cinelli natural cork on Flossie's bars when I get her back, as the lovely Lavender Samson isn't gonna survive the work being done. It's $15 for enough for the entire bar, and it doesn't look bad at all.
Cool, I'd love to do a TE ride. That sounds like lots of fun. As long as you don't mind that I go s-l-o-w and I don't know right now how far I can go.

I didn't do too bad yesterday. I took my children out to lunch yesterday which was < a couple of miles round trip. I was pulling my daughter in the trailer and my son rode out in front of us on his Trek. Because of where we live(right on 527) and I'm a nervous mother hen, we road on the sidewalk. Later my SO took the children with him to visit his friends so I could get in some ride time on my own. That was really nice. Though it was a little scary returning home and I had to change lanes, in the dark, so I could turn left into my apartment complex. I think my next purchase with be some reflective gloves/gear.

I think the Cinelli cork might be a good alternative to the Brooks tape, especially for the pocket book because I have so much gear to buy still, you know-fenders, racks, panniers, whatever else I might actually need as opposed to all the fun stuff. That will just have to wait.