Pushing through the haze

Today's rainy weather had me feeling really lethargic. Not helping matters was that the seat of my pants got pretty wet on the ride in to work (I need to switch bikes or put fenders on the ChampSys). There were a few moments during which was seriously considering closing the door and the light and curling up under my desk for a Costanza-style snooze (minus the bomb threat).

Fortunately, I pushed through the tired haze and had a fairly productive day at work, capped with a video shoot in the early afternoon -- by which time the sun was making a half-hearted appearance over the valley. Matt is making a promo video for our upcoming Bicycling Fall Classic, so we took the opportunity to test out a helmet camera we've had around the office for a while. Since he had the appropriate attire at work, Matt served as the model, while I was the camera man. I can only hope that my head was relatively stead and that my "pans" were smooth. The HD camera we were using will, I'm sure, appropriately show off our area's beauty.

Of course, I'll post the finished product here as soon as it's ready. And, if you haven't already, you should sign up for the event today! It's going to be a great ride.

I'll be riding the Bedford, of course, because it's awesome. But also, my Champion System bike is beginning to show its age, so I'm doing what I can to limit the number of miles I put on it. The thing about race bikes is: The don't last all that long. The bike may be young in years, but it's been ridden pretty hard and abused plenty over the past two seasons. The frame, at present, is cracked in two places, and while neither crack places the bike in immediate danger of catastrophic failure, neither one is a particularly good omen. I'll certainly be keeping an eye on both cracks, and hoping that neither gets much larger. So, if you're riding behind me and hear any odd squeaks that ought not be there, please let me know!

If only my power meter would fit on a BB30 frame. Oh well.