1st event advice needed please

[indigoiis]

I load up my brain with earworms before a long ride - I'll listen to a mix cd that I like before the ride - sometimes twice - to get some good tempo songs in my head.

But an ipod is just extra baggage / distraction in my mind, and you really want to be "there."

[ny biker]

I load up my brain with earworms before a long ride - I'll listen to a mix cd that I like before the ride - sometimes twice - to get some good tempo songs in my head.

But an ipod is just extra baggage / distraction in my mind, and you really want to be "there."

Yeah, I basically have an mp3 player built into my brain. I did 70 miles on Saturday singing "Monkey Wrench" to myself. A couple of times, I almost started yelling out loud "JUST ONE THING BEFORE I QUIT..."

Re: the Showers Pass jacket, it is an awesome rain jacket but I wouldn't bring it for a hot summer day. It does not fold down into a teeny-tiny bundle when you're not wearing it.

And p.s. Good Luck!!!!! Just smile a lot and have fun.