Awesome Weather
Is it just me, or is this weather just awesome! I want to take advantage of the nice weather by planning on doing some long bikerides (~30 miles or so). A few years ago I went on one where thre was a steeep descent for about 5 miles, and I unconfortably got up to some really high speeds. The only reason why I did this was because of my size (6′8″ @ 230lbs) the kinetic energy that I had put a huge strain on my brakes which could heat up my rim enough to where my tire would pop. This would suck if I was going 40mph. I called Calmar cycles today, and they said I *could* retrofit my bike with disc brakes, but it would cost me about $300. I am not sure I would want to part with that. Hmmm…