John’s Ramblings

A lovely evening for a ride last night.  Seven riders assembled at Cycle Therapy for a 6:30 p.m. spin through the valley.

We zipped north into a headwind at slightly less than warp-speed. When most of us headed for a little hillclimb in Tukwila, my personal pace dropped to impulse-power. We regrouped at the top, but the group took a mystery left turn toward Seattle, a move which, if I had followed suit, would have likely meant:

1. another hillclimb or some such indignity, and
2. missing my 8:30 dinner hour with the Mrs.

Not being one to miss an opportunity eat a meal or a skip a hillclimb, I screamed my goodbyes to the disappearing peloton and rode the tailwinds back to Kent. It was a nice little 25 miler, and my knees are still intact for this coming weekend’s Mt. Adams Country Bike Tour. At 100 miles and 6,600′ of climbing, rest and stretching may be the agenda for the remainder of the week.

On a completely different note, professional cyclist David Zabriskie has begun marketing his own brand of chamois cream, DZ Nuts. He claims he’s out to “protect your junk”. I’m tempted to shell out the $22 for a tube (because the marketing guys have my number), but then I’d be tempted to shell out another $22 for the t-shirt (because the marketing guys have my number on speed-dial).

Tags: Cycling, dznuts, green_river_riders, zabriskie

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