Okay I have the occasional drink but occasional is the operative word. Anyway, when I had that thought during my 100 km bike ride today it suddenly all came together. What came together you may well ask? Well I'm gonna tell you. What came together was my rationalization for a new bicycle.
A pack of cigarettes apparently costs 12 bucks. If I smoked a pack a day that would have cost me about $15,000 since I bought my last bike. If I drank a case of beer a week at 40 bucks a case, that would have cost me another $7500 over the same time period. That's $22,500 that I did not spend since October 2008!
Case closed!!
I went to the bike shop today and scheduled a "fit" for this coming Wednesday. It is fairly involved process in which they take about a thousand body measurements and supposedly come up with your ideal bicycle geometry. Once I have that done I will consider options and potentially place an order. Right now I am leaning towards this.
Before the bike shop visit I had a decent workout. 100 kms on the bike followed by a brisk little run around the block with no rest breaks. The ride was a bit tough for some reason but I felt extremely good on my run.
But that ain't nothing compared to my wife's workout today. She carried 29 cartons of commercial tile at 50 pound per case, down to the basement while I was out riding. And I you think that sounds easy give it a try! Apparently I am now supposed to install those tiles??
(ride 100 kms 3:22, run 7.3 kms 35:20)
"I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping."---Mark Twain
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."---Frank Sinatra
A pack of cigarettes apparently costs 12 bucks. If I smoked a pack a day that would have cost me about $15,000 since I bought my last bike. If I drank a case of beer a week at 40 bucks a case, that would have cost me another $7500 over the same time period. That's $22,500 that I did not spend since October 2008!
Case closed!!
I went to the bike shop today and scheduled a "fit" for this coming Wednesday. It is fairly involved process in which they take about a thousand body measurements and supposedly come up with your ideal bicycle geometry. Once I have that done I will consider options and potentially place an order. Right now I am leaning towards this.
Before the bike shop visit I had a decent workout. 100 kms on the bike followed by a brisk little run around the block with no rest breaks. The ride was a bit tough for some reason but I felt extremely good on my run.
But that ain't nothing compared to my wife's workout today. She carried 29 cartons of commercial tile at 50 pound per case, down to the basement while I was out riding. And I you think that sounds easy give it a try! Apparently I am now supposed to install those tiles??
(ride 100 kms 3:22, run 7.3 kms 35:20)
"I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping."---Mark Twain
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Peter
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