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Re: [ST] Weekend Spin



Ya know, stories like this at this time of year are just down right mean! (Said with tongue firmly planted in cheek!)  It may be a little while before my bikes hit the streets again.

When I left for work this morning it was a whopping 11 degrees on my truck thermometer.  We got 8-10 inches of snow late last week and now there's so much salt on the roads that they are varying shades of grey all the way to white.  Makes it hard to figure out where the road ends and the soft shoulder starts or where a curb is hiding under the snow.  Just ask the Southwest pilot who went of the end of the runway at Midway.  

Seriously though, keep the reports coming, they'll help me maintain my sanity through another nice mid-western winter!!!! 

George 

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From: MFay@xxxxxxxxx 

> Had a great spin on the ST yesterday morning. 
> Much needed to clear the cobwebs and to remind myself why I love bikes so 
> much. 
> 
> I set out nice and early, 8:00am with the sun just up and the skies clear of 
> clouds. 
> A quick foray across the backroads to Naas, briefly onto the deserted M9 
> motorway to clear the triples pipes and then divert onto the N78 down 
> through Athy, Castlecomer and into Kilkenny for breakfast. The N78 is a 
> lovely biking road, just the right blend of sweeping curves, tight twisties 
> and elevation changes. Most of the way there was a low fog lying over the 
> fields to either side and it was regularly lit up red by the early morning 
> sun. All in all, marvellous therapy for the soul. The roads were mostly 
> deserted at that hour and the occasional car just served to set up perfectly 
> timed overtakes, the triple sounding awesome through the open wolf can as I 
> dropped down a gear to pass quickly and then rumbling ominously on the 
> overrun as I rolled off the throttle and shifted back into a cruising gear. 
> 
> This is why I ride a bike rather than drive a car. 
> It's not to save time commuting to work. 
> It's not as an icon to buy into a lifestyle or a fashion statement. 
> Mornings like that remind me of the pure pleasure of being alive, enjoying 
> nature, enjoying the fruits of mans ingenuity and testing my own skills. 
> 
> Gotta remember to do that again. 
> Soon. :O) 
> 
> Howlin' 
> 
> 
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