[My almost-daily-diary entry for the day I rode the Reve prototype]

04/13/04- Which brings us to Tuesday (today!).  I had the rare opportunity to test-ride a new prototype road bike on the regular Tuesday/Thursday morning ride and, as Donald (one of our employees) would say, "It's all good."  I could tell you more about the bike, but I'd have to track you down via your IP address and silence you so you couldn't tell anybody else.  Actually, I'm free to talk about it after Thursday, when it's officially unveiled at the Sea Otter bike event in Monterey.

But what I can tell you about is a fun ride.  I'd approached it with a bit of fear & trepidation due to the lack of riding and over-indulgence on Sunday, but I actually felt really good.  Kevin & Brian joined me up the hill, taking a slight detour from the norm by heading down Greer and up through Huddart Park, catching King's about one-third of the way up.  I saw two deer on the way up, possibly the same two from Thursday's ride (the one where I was so gassed that I didn't even notice them until they nearly hit me).

Since Brian had been enticed by the possibility of stopping for breakfast at Alice's (a restaurant at the corner of Skyline & 84), we stopped there prior to doing the Old LaHonda section, ordered breakfast, and had it waiting for us on our return 20 minutes later.  Life is good!  And the belt?  It's back on, and cinched up to its second-tightest section.  I could go to the tightest notch, but why brag?  Yeah, right.  I might want to breathe.