the Tour reaches the mountains

and i hit some hills. went road riding with George from work yesterday. mostly because he has OLN at his house, and i still hadn't watched the Tour coverage yet when the store closed at 5. it was hella busy all day.

George had just built his new road bike, with an 05 new Poprad frame, so it was its inaugural ride. the white and blue Poprad is even more gorgeous in real life than in this picture. besides having different components, his also has bright blue bar tape. it is by far the prettiest bike in the store. i wish Lemond made smaller frame sizes in their steel bikes, because they are all beautiful. even the 49cm Fillmore i have is a bit too big for me.but yeah. the ride. dear god, the biggest hills i have ever climbed in my life. and lots of them. at least half a dozen. the first really big one was the first hill that i seriously doubted whether i was going to make it to the top. you know that feeling when your tank is running on nothing but pride? some sweet descents though, we must have hit at least 50mph down one of them. flying down a hill like that makes it all worth it. and hey, they may make a climber out of me yet.

ps. Saroj rocks so hardcore.