A Sunday Cruise in my New Hood
Author: Joey Mac
Date: 9 March, 2008
Category: Connecticut, Joey Mac, Road Stories
It has been cold and wet the last couple of days here in Bristol, but today was beautiful. Sunny and a little chilly, but still warm enough for me. I am down to single layers on my rides now, and can even leave my gloves at home. So today was a perfect day to ride, and I had just refurbished a dry, cracked Brooks saddle that I got a while back from the folks at R Community Bikes in Rochester. After a soaking in motor oil and being threaded with wire and wrapped in burlap (the Rat Rod way to do it), it was ready to ride.
I rode up the street to the nearby schoolyard, empty on a Sunday. I stopped for a cross-country tour.
I took off down the path through the woods from the schoolyard, as seen in the background of that photo. It leads to a bridge over a creek.
A good day for a cruise, and the neighborhood has some cruisable parts. There are still plenty of hills so I am thinking about an upgrade to a 3-speed. This one was fun to go down:
So I still miss the cruisable Rochester streets, but I am making the most of the streets around here. And as it gets nicer out I think I will be out more and more. I needs to cruise!
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