Jason RIDES again!

I’ve been riding bikes since I was a little kid. In elementary school I raced BMX bikes at one time taking 2nd place (just a pedal-slip away from 1st) in the 1982 New England Championships for my age group. In college I started getting into mountain biking and commuted both to class and my part-time job by bike. I felt so damn good riding in even heavy downpours to work while the fat cats sat in their cars getting weaker.

When I went abroad to South Korea in June 2000 (7 years! ago now) I had sold my faithful Trek Singletrack 950. I hadn’t owned a bike since, that is until Saturday night. I bought my 3rd Trek, a 7.3 FX, and on Sunday morning I picked it up and road for the first time in years. I went on a ride late last night, and it was glorious.

…Today I took the Trek to get fitted for bar ends, a cyclo-computer and toe clips. I had already bought a helmet (Giro of course) and front and rear lights on Sunday. So by this afternoon I had the Trek outfitted with everything my previous Treks once had. Tonight I set out on my first attempted real ride, but of course a light rain soon started falling and I had to break off the ride early.

…I also had to buy a heavy duty rain cover as I have no space at all inside my apartment unfortunately to put it. So it’s out on my semi-exposed balcony.

I am still using my faithful red Trek gel gloves and Pearl Izumi riding shorts.

My first real day-time ride will probably happen on Thursday, but as it’s the rainy season in Tokyo now, who knows?

RELATED POSTS:

• Daily Photo: Jason rolls down a hill in Tochigi Prefecture!
• CYCLE MODE international 2008 Tokyo, Japan
• Back in the fast lane of cycling around the Imperial Palace
• Mello ride around the Imperial Palace in a light rain
• Cycling to Haneda Airport with a Thunderstorm