It's Tour de France time

With all of the doping scandals (plus the ones that we all know exist) this kind of cycling is a lot more interesting. A friend is down from Holland this weekend so we're heading out bright and early for a long ride somewhere. I baptized my new bike last weekend and she immediately let me know who was in control. Clearly it wasn't me as I had some nice road rash and grapefruit sized bruise on my hip within the first hour of a five hour ride. The change from my basic Giant to a decked out Kuota has otherwise been a lot of fun. I liked the idea of going with a smaller production company and after looking at a few other Italian producers (Fondriest was also nice) I opted for a Kuota with Campy gears and French (Mavic) wheels. After a week of riding, we're now getting along much better so it's time to find a new route for a sunny Saturday.