Daily ride

Everyday we climb on our bikes with the understanding that we will be riding between 45 and 85 miles. It is of utmost importance that we settle in and get as comfortable as possible.

Steps
1) Adjustment of hands on the handlebars: make frequent adjustments from top bar to bottom bar, turn hands in- turn hands out, forward and backwards. Do whatever is necessary to keep the index and middle finger from going numb within 10 minutes. Often this adjustment will be made every 2 to 3 minutes. Wherever the hands are if something hurts or goes numb repeat step one.

2) Adjustment on saddle/seat. Ideally you want to be comfortable here as well but in reality you are just trying to offend that region as little as possible. Really how comfortable is a fence post with a piece of cow hide stretched over it. They aren't fooling anyone with that cover up. It is still just a fence post! So when you get tired of the moving forward and backwards on your fence post, or are coming over yet another of mother natures obstacle course style hills, and have to stand up to pedal... go back to step one and readjust the hand position.

3) When everything else is positioned where you feel it needs to be, try relaxing the neck, shoulders and back. At some point in the day it occurs to you that nothing is trying to get you and you can let your guard down and relax. Try to enjoy the ride. Right about that moment a semi truck whirs by showering small pieces of road gravel all over you...you take a hand off the handlebar in a defensive move...go back to step one. After repeating steps 1, 2 and 3 and relaxing again a bumblebee the size of Manhattan with a vendetta against bikers slams into the side of your cheek. Go back and repeat steps 1,2 and 3. Minutes later you make a calculated decision to ride the rumble strip in an effort to avoid the unidentified road kill in your path. Go back and repeat steps 1, 2 and 3. After 15 more minutes in a maniacal manner you finally kill the deer fly that has been doing laps around your head. Go back and repeat steps 1, 2 and 3. Just then a gust of wind from out of where you will never know hurls your bike into oncoming traffic. You barely avoid missing the semi truck that then showers you with gravel...repeat steps 1, 2 and 3!

4) Remember this is fun!!!

Jess wanted me to add that we are camping near New London, MN!!! This IS fun!!
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