I blew off the dust from my road bike today for a nice 50 miler with Vegan Rob.  I hadn't ridden my road bike since september and really wanted to get on my road Powertap wheel, so this was a good chance.  My bike needed some loving, and it seems like I have lost the sharp eye required for fine-tuning a beaten steed, but I swung by the shop and Mike had me going perfect.

It turns out Rob is getting in pretty good shape with his comeback to racing, and he hurt me on some hills. I decided it is time to start working on my long efforts for the year.  Thus far, I have been really focusing on getting my low-end back up after a terrible summer of bike riding (hours wise).  Now that all is good there, I guess it's time to get serious... or as serious as riding a bike can be.