I had very limited time this weekend as I'm preparing for business travel Mon. morning. But I bought a Garmin Edge 305 and it came in Friday so I HAD to take it out for a couple of short rides. It's a pretty fun toy. I've been without a heart rate monitor and an altimeter for over a year so it was good to have that back. I'm one of those who waits 2-4 years for certain technology to drop in price. They're pretty cheap now.

Yesterday I took the carbon fiber bike out for an hour on the most sustained-steepest group of hills closest to me to the north, so I could test out the altimeter. I've been underestimating some of my grades (measured by map). although overall the elevation gains I've been estimating by map are close.

Today I took the red steel bike out on the second-most sustained-steepest group of hills closest to me to the south for about an hour. It was such a nice day today, balmy warm, a little humid, sunny.