August 9th Saturday RIDES

[mudmucker]

After providing expert testimony on a wind farm project I am working on, I am home from West Virginia. The hearings were successful. I have not been on the bike for close to 2 weeks because of my work schedule. I also hadn't seen my father for a while. He just got this free bike from a friend and he's been riding on bike paths where he lives. He is 81 years old. I said, throw the bike in the truck and come on out my way. There's a paved bike path in Gardner that would be perfect. So today we did 7 miles of this bike path and we had a total blast. I think it is so cool that I can bike with my 81 year old father. He was going 14 mph in some spots. I made some adjustments for him, but the bike is too small. He wants to go to an LBS to get a bike that fits him. His riding experience will be so much better. I have a mountain bike and a steel utility bike I am overhauling right now and they are down to the frame. I would have liked to use the mt bike today - the carbon fiber frame was a little overkill. I rode in my mt biking shorts and used my sneakers on the Look pedals.

In photo 3, dad is riding off into the sunset (amongst the invasive species)