I had planned to do a ride around and up to Wachusett Mt but when I woke I just didn't feel like it. Later in the day I jumped on the utility bike with my sneakers and did a leisurely ride up the hill to the farm to pick peaches. I picked about 28 lbs for canning, put them in my panniers and coasted back down to the house. Round trip: about 2.25 miles.

Saturday morning I had an excellent very enjoyable ride with my favorite bike shop, about 30 miles.

Friday I took the day off. Well, I did something I thought I'd never do for a good long while, if at all. I bought a new bike. At my favorite lbs. A mt bike. I bought my current mt bike in 1989 when I was 29. It has no suspension because suspension forks hadn't quite come out yet so yes, I've been riding a rigid mt bike for the last 20 years. Until one day last week I took it out and I said that's it. This is the last ride. My hands, arms, wrists, and shoulders were just getting pounded too much. Went to the shop, found one I liked and it fit good, and ordered it. So now, I've got front suspension and disk brakes. I had thrown my carbon fiber in the back to do a ride out there after I was done. I looped around and rode basically all over Harvard, about 38 miles total.