BUSTING OUT THE BEATER

TOMORROW IS GONNA BE INTERESTING.  I'll be doing the local race on the bike I spend the most time on...

... I consider it my beater.

Not only do I do most of my training on it,
but I loan it out when someone comes to visit,
and, I haven't done a lick of maintenance on it in months.

Why do I ride it the most?

Because it's oldish, 
identical fit to my race bike,
and ridiculously reliable day after day.

Why race it?

Well, the race bike's suspension is wonky and in need of love.

Here's the interesting thing though.

Is the ol' bike really a beater or have I just treated it like one?

In its day it was top of the top,
lots of carbon and tech,
super light.

It's lighter than my current race bike,
shifts as good as or better than the electric stuff,
and has a fork that is so plush I still giggle when it gets rough.

Ya know what I'm gonna have to do, right?

Convince myself this is fastest dern bike I own.

Which reminds me about the second chapter in my book, The Way of The Racer...

... All You Can Do.

All we can do is enough...

... not a haul pass to complain or make excuses.

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165.4
8 hrs
1 Circuit of RaceDay Ready Resistance Training
20 minutes recovery  
90 minutes reading + Journaling 

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