Quote Originally Posted by roughingit
Hmmmm....well yesturday I rode about 20 miles with at least 50 pounds of stuff during the heat of the day, but that was an extrodinary circumstance (coming home from camp for the final time with all my stuff). I'm normally much more prudent so a nice ten or fifteen mile ride sounds quite nice about now. Tis much too hot to be inside this week, at least on bikes we can pretend there is a breeze.

I just got this bike in the beginning of summer, but due to the lack of paved surfaces to ride on around camp, I haven't gotten much practice shifting so it's not highly likely that I would zoom off on you. My last bike was a hybrid, so I haven't gotten the hang of shifting down yet. (I tried to attack Wren Hill in my middle chainring )

Right now I am crashing up in the Winco area, but I'm actively looking for a place to live. I have an interview tomorrow with some gals that live near campus. If that falls through, then I'll be checking out the cheapy places on Circle. No point in paying rent while I was in camp. I'm surprised at the number of vacancies open though, so it looks like it shouldn't be too hard.

I'm totally up for a ride later in the week. I'll probably be heading for Salem this weekend to get my brakehoods adjusted somewhere where I can reach them properly, so I'm sticking to the flats or at least places where the big hills don't have stoplights at the bottom of them.
Well then.........~evil grin~ We're just gonna have to get together sometime in the very near future then..... This week is going to be so much cooler than it has been so it'll be nice. Once I start riding my new road bike, I'm gonna be a comic relief or either that one annoying child on a bike as the gear shifters will be below me insted "in front of me" (on the brakes)....It's going to deffinitely take some getting used to. So my practicing shifting will also be an experiance once I get my bike back (the bf has it with him up in Hilsburito as he calls it so I'm not quite sure when I'll get it back...maybe next week when I go up to be with him )

And you don't have to worry about any hills with traffic lights at the bottom of them as the only on I can think of around here would be Highland going into town.....Everything else seems to be on the flat...~ornery grin~ Luck for us. Oh and what's Wren Hill??? Never heard of it! *lol* Is it bad?? *giggles*

Just holler when you're ready!!!! I'm always ready!! ^^

Hugs and kisses!!


~Liz