New additions

Friday was a big day for John as the UPS driver was bringing us our new bikes.  Of course, the delivery was one of the last ones for the day and arrived around 6 p.m.  Oh, the anticipation!  We have been bike less since they were stolen in Sacramento in October last year by some nefarious person(s).  Losing my bike was bad but for John, it was almost painful as he loved his road bike and rode it often great distances.  Once we arrived in Gunnison and saw what a bike friendly town it is, I knew the day had come when we would have to bit the bullet and get new bikes.     

John put together his bike Friday evening.  With the help of our neighbor, Bob, on Saturday they pretty much got it tweaked just right.  Bob has been a godsend.  Bob is from Holland, an avid cyclist who competed in Europe in his younger years.  Proof positive that Bob is an avid cyclist:  he has two bikes, one road bike and one cyclocross bike and all the tools and gizmos to keep bikes in riding perfection.  Bob and John went for a test ride on Saturday afternoon which turned into a much longer ride than expected.  As John hasn't ridden in 9 months, plus the elevation, and not wanting to slow Bob down too much, he was one tired puppy when he got home.  Oh, by the way, my bike got put together Saturday morning before their big ride and has since been tweaked too.  

The RV park is safe and undisturbed with people leaving their bikes unlocked all over the park.  Not us, no way, no how.  We aren't trusting that someone with bolt cutters isn't going to come by and try to take our bikes again.  Once burned, twice shy. For now, they are being brought in at night.  Is this for safety or so that John can lovingly look at his new bike LOL (hmm, I'm not sure).  

We offered to pay Bob for his fine assistance but he wouldn't take any money as he said he loves working on bikes.  We want to do something nice for Bob, so we are going to take him to dinner tomorrow night.  John has learned a lot from Bob on the tweaking of bikes that will come in handy down the road.

One of the hard things about getting back in the riding mode, is toughening up the tush.  Oy, the tenderness even with a cushy bike seat.  In a few days, the tenderness will go away, yippee.  We have found a nice route that takes us over to the White Water Park here in Gunnison that we have ridden every day.  Today, we went a bit further and went up what I have named Cardiac Hill.  Almost made it to the top before pushing it up the rest of the way.  Ah, a challenge.  I will be riding up that hill before long.  

Here is a picture of my very happy hubby with his cyclocross bike (like a road bike but he can also ride it on gravel and mountain bike if he wanted to):

Here is a picture of my new comfort bike.  Guess you can tell who the hard core one is in our family LOL.