My sweetheart's son has a type of autism. He's 18, just graduating from high school, heading off to college, planning to study electrical engineering. In some ways he is quite smart, but then sometimes he just misses the boat. That's how his autism manifests!
He and I are registered for the
Erie Canal Ride in early July - 400 miles in 8 days. Then after that, his Mom, and perhaps my sister and maybe even one of my sister's friends, will head into New York City for the
Bridges Ride for Autism. This will only be 19 miles, but my sweetheart isn't a big biker, or hasn't been.
But then she suggests we get in a bit of training, on the
Hurley Rail Trail, which ought to be quite flat. I use the S&S couplers on my Nomad to pack that in the rear luggage compartment of my Corolla, and then hang her
Giant Transcend off a rack on the back of the car.
The start of the trail along Route 209 is smooth and level. But then where the trail and the road split apart, the trail turns into gravel, mud, tree roots, etc. Neither of us have ever been on this section of the trail. In fact we're not quite sure where it goes!
We just keep going to find out where it goes, and end up in High Falls, where we get a nice brunch at
The Last Bite.
By the time we get back to the car, it's turned into a 19 mile bike ride. My sweetheart says it's the longest ride she's ever been on! And she's sore from all the bumping around!
When this thread got started, I took the survey and wrote down the codes for the discount on the back of some envelope along with all kinds of other odd notes. I looked at the Brooks web site to see how I might take advantage of the discount. I love Ventile cloth and would love one of their cycling jackets, but 60% of $1000 is still out of my budget! I have a spare Flyer Select in my storage unit, in reserve for when my current Flyer Special gives up the ghost. I just couldn't see a good way to use the discount!
After today's ride, I could see that a B67 could be just the ticket for my sweetheart. Oh, that discount! When I got home I dug through my trash and lo, there was the envelope! And the discount is valid through June 21! So I just ordered a B67 S Aged. 57 Euro instead of 95. Nice!