First post in a long time on the cycling front. Aside from the overnight trip out to East Texas a year ago, there hasn’t been much riding since getting home from the Iron Butt Rally at the end of summer in 2009. Today marked one more change in that direction.
With the reduced miles, for a lot of different reasons, it was difficult to rationalize to myself the need to keep two bikes: the Suzuki SV1000S and the BMW R1200RT. The Suzuki was the alter-ego to the BMW … small, loud, a different kind of fun if you know what I mean. But at the end of the day, the Suzuki has seen less than 400 miles in the 4+ years I’ve own it. Time change, hobbies change, so it goes.
So today I was fortunate enough to be able to transfer the Suzuki to a good friend, who’s been bikeless now for almost 2 years. We both got into (or back into in his case) riding at the same time, so I’m sure she’ll be well enjoyed and well taken care of.
At the same time, I’ve gotten more into bicycling and some level of running than ever before. With the reduction in (motorcycle) ride time, I’m thinking about shifting this blog to be more about my journey through bicycle riding and that adventure. Admittedly, the name RocketCowboy maybe doesn’t fit a road bicycle riding hobby, but hey, I already have the domain name, right? 🙂
My two fitness goals for this year are to run a 5K (worst case, it’ll be the Turkey Trot this year, but hopefully before) and to ride my first bicycle race. We’ll see what kind of interesting tidbits of knowledge I can pick up along the way to those two goals, and where paths lead from there. Comments and feedback is appreciated!
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