The bike showed up. Thursday night the UPS guy dropped it off at the door and I quickly took the large, weightless box to the basement for close examination.
Ever so carefully I pulled the staples out, the packaging material, removed the self-adhesive bubble wrap from the frames tubes, and reveal a modern marvel. My kids particularly enjoyed that bubble wrap.
I caught sight of the black, gloss coated, carbon fiber interlace of the frames material and my heart skipped a beat. There's something to be said for material goods. I teach my children not to covet, to be happy with what they have, to enjoy the simplistic beauty that's all around us. But when it comes to bikes, I can't stop myself. The quality of bikes today are amazing - buy a good one.
The lines on this bike are so clean. It looks and feels fast. I took it over to a friends house, a bike mechanic, and he ran it through a quick check-up. It's brand new, a few slight scratches near the rear drop outs from taking the rear wheel off - common use. So, I'm good to go. Just need to start riding the thing.
I woke up early today, 5:00 on a Saturday, to run. It snowed last night, about an inch. I'm going for it. I ran 5.25 miles Thursday morning, outside in the cold. Yesterday, Friday I didn't work out.
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