NIGHT RIDE kailash9552*****, 27 Jan 10 16:23 World
Last night after going to the Clinton Trail meeting, since we were in Lawrence anyway, we went over to the River Trails and did some night riding. There was Mark, Nancy the Nurse and a new guy named Mike something. Mark lent me his helmet mounted Night Sun with, I think, 10 watts of awesome light power. This is a great light. I was trying to follow Mike Something, who is a NORBA racer type guy with 3 percent body fat, 135 pounds, about 25 years old and lungs transplanted from a large ape. He was blasting down the trails in his Specialized Jersey, throwing the bike left and right and over logs, just generally leaving the rest of us to eat his dirt. I was next in line and cranking much too fast for 10:30 at night with a partial moon. But it was SO much fun! I made it about 5 miles down the trail and sensibly walked over the Four Foot Log. Mike Something had to show us all that the Log was rideable even in the dark. With him in the lead aga
