Humpday Ride

With sunshine galore and plenty wind, Mark "Killer" Miller, Smitty "Mongoose" Smith and yours truly,
Ruud "Flash" Vuijsters set out for a ride from my house.
Riding in the company of these experienced cyclists made it easy for me to ease into the art of drafting, without fear having a grip on me. We had a nice tailwind on the way out, which made me feel like I hadn't lost much strength during my rehab.
Needless to say, we payed a hefty price when turning onto highway 167 cruising back home. Even though my iPhone weather app indicated winds ranging from 5 to 7 mph, reality was different. It just felt awesome to go 30+ miles, while my shoulder once more held up great!
Thank you Dr. Matt Williams, you are truly a great surgeon.

I am hoping to get a good 3-4 hour ride in this coming Saturday, just so I know my legs will carry me on March 14th, when riding the Alzheimer "Ride2Remember" century.

Work- and riding wise I am surely on track to full recovery and it is hard for me to put into words how happy I am with my current status, after nearly 8 months of 'fighting' my shoulder problems.

At the same time I realize the poor job I've done in expressing my gratefulness to Mark.
Not only is the Colnago C50 a dream babe to ride, she is extremely easy on the eyes as well!
It has not been that often I've heard Mark say: "I'll never let go of this bike."
Well, I just heard Mark say this, when he was building up this Colnago C50 ST02!
Mark raced this bike at the Rouge-Roubaix 2009 and the Michelob Ultra La Vuelta de Acadiana 2009. Other than that it might have seen the road for about 10 rides....
She still looks like brand spanking new! A beauty on the road as well as in my bike-room...
Mark, thank you from the bottom of my heart for passing on this awesome bike!
I promise she'll be taken care of in such fashion that would make Eric Bernard's bikes turn 'lime-green' with envy;)

(Photo credit: Mark Miller/iPhone camera)