What a beautiful day for a bike ride, I thought.
Since the roads up here are still covered in gravel, I tossed the fixie in the car and headed to Sauvie Island.
I had high hopes: Three laps around the island. Roughly 30 miles. But, hey, its flat and I wasn’t planning on going fast.
Reality set in pretty quickly. It’s only been a couple of months since I was riding everywhere all the time, but even still, it hurt. I was surprised how much the wind (read: light breeze) affected me, and how unaccustomed my body is to the bike. To be fair, I was riding the fixie, which tends to amplify any roughness in the road. And yet, I only made it around the island once.
That’s it - time to get in shape. Another ride is planned for Sunday
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