The rain is my fault... sorry.

For those of you who are wondering why it was 40 degrees this morning, cloudy and threatening rain... it is my fault. I claim full responsibility.

This weekend, I did two important things that caused the weather to turn bad. First and foremost, I bought a new bicycle. The bikes I have are older, and in need of serious repair or just trashing... so I opted for trashing. The old road bike is a "Shogun Selectra" from the very early 90's. It was a great bike when it was made. It has seen over 1000 miles, and my last long ride took about the last of the life from it. By the end of the 150 miles I realized I might be walking the parts across the finish line.

The old mountain bike is a Specialized Hard Rock that I bought about 8 years ago. Not knowing what I was doing, I bought it about 2" too big in the frame, which has all of the potential for testicular disaster, and has made me think twice on occasion regarding to fall off or jump off of it. I put about $800 worth of new components in to it, but my days of hard core mountain biking are probably done.

The new bike is a Specialized CrossTrail. This is a bike that is lighter than my mountain bike, has a front fork suspension that I can lock out (for road rides), but is tough enough to handle mild mountain biking trails.

On Saturday my curiosty got the better of me when I took it out for a spin... I pulled back in to the driveway 2 hours and 25 miles later. I really was curious what was just around the next bend. Needless to say, there was no riding for me on Sunday, but I did plan on doing another 10 today... but the purchase of a new bike means rain for a few days, so for that, I apologize.

The second and most consequential reason it is raining? After owning my car for 1 year, I have finally washed it. Yep, washed and vacuumed. Today? RAIN. Figures.