New Bike

So one of the outcomes of my last triathlon and my more the graceful was a damaged bike frame and derailer. Thanks to having good friend, a buddy of mine took my bike to get fixed up, and as my car was also in the shop, he let me borrow his Softride for a couple of days so i can get around a bit. At least to and from work.

That Monday i decided to take the bike around a bit just to get used to it. The plan was a 5 mile ride around my area and then relax. I ended up doing 25 miles and only came home because it got dark out. The Softride bike was amazing.

The Softride website gives a bunch of reasons on why the bike is better. For me the fact that after 25 miles my lower back felt nothing, was more then anything their site could say. My new bike frame comes in on Tuesday and hopefully this weekend i will be able to put it all together and start riding my Softride Powerwing.

There are two types of riders...

Today there was second triathlon, it was a half mile swim, 13 mile ride, and a 5k at the end. which I ended up being about 3 minutes faster on a course that is 3 miles longer. This leads me to my title. There are two types or riders, those who have fallen, and those that will. Today about half way though the ride, i fell at about 20 miles an hour.

This ended up making for a fun finish where ever person i pass looked at the blood on my shoulder and face, and kept on asking if i was "ok".

Anyways, this race was fun, ocean swim, rolling hills, and a nice finish on the beach. And at the end a really nice first aid stand.