Neat Ride Tonight

Our Governor, Mark Warner, suffered an accident over the weekend. Apparently after finishishing a group ride he decided to ride a little more. He was taking a drink from his water bottle as he approached a railroad crossing. He braked poorly and went over the bars, breaking a couple of bones in his hand and getting generally banged up. He's recovering, with some plates and screws in his hand. Big cycling advocate in the state, so I like the guy. Anyway, in today's paper is this cartoon.


Now an non-bike related note: Natalie Halloway, a tragic story. I'm sure you are all aware of the girl missing in Aruba. But it's funnay as hell when Jason says: "Aruba! Where happiness lives! Yeah right. So where is Charley from Aruba anyway?

Back to riding...met this guy, Jeff, via http://www.bikeforums.net, who lives about a half mile from us. Jason and I have had the opportunity to ride with him a couple of times. This guy is riding a Giant comfort-type bike with this massive rack on it that he built. Nice job of it too. But the bike is big and heavy and geared lower than our road bikes. Fortunately he's rather tall which helps him hang with us pretty well. Anyway, we're all cruising back toward home this evening along Rt. 28, and this guy comes by on a Harley. As he goes by, I see him making pedaling motions with his right leg. Jason and I laughed our butts off, unfortunately Jeff missed it.