The best part of of getting this 19lb hot rod was that I could ride for hours and eat every hill in sight. So I rode my favorite course, from Sausalito over Mt Tamalpais to hwy 1, then south to the Golden Gate and returning to Sausalito. I couldn't believe how I felt, I was invincible as I squeezed every once of energy out of my legs and was left breathless and beaming!
This love affair lasted 5 awesome years. I started with around 100 miles a week and as I grew into my bike at the height I was riding around 350 to 400 mpw! This work of art and technology was faithful and always rewarded me with responsive handling and crisp shifting.
When the wife informed me of our child to come it hit me that my Grandis and I would spend less and less time together. I had to look in earnest for a 'real' job with good pay and decent benifits for our new family.
Sadly I had to part with her in the early 90's when we were straped for cash. It was a sweet sarrow. I had waited so long to have such passion and depth of enjoyment in a sport but now parted with it willingly. My family was, is and will always be the centerpiece of my life.
Now with new chapter of children grown and out of the house I want to return to my early passion of riding. My only hope is that I find a partner in a bike that I once had.
weight 208 workout 450lb leg press, 130lb leg extentions, 190lb quad flex, 470lb calf raises, 110lb lateral lunges, 70lb kneeling twisting cable chop, 30 inverted situps and leg extentions Cals 2200
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