May 6 ride

[Zen]

Today was my first ride (on this bike) of any real measurable distance.

I think I have finally found a shifter configuration that will work for me - I ended up with a bar-end friction shifter for the chain rings. the brakes and the cassette shifter stayed the same.
I ended up doing 9.5 easy miles.
Number of dead animals seen- 3, a deer, a oppossum, and a black snake.
Number of dead animals smelled - 1, a deer, no mistaking that smell.
Number of animals that might have been dead but might have just been starting to cross the road - 1, a box turtle. I should have stopped to check on that one.