Night Ride

Vince was off with some other guys last night (read below for more) so Chris and I decided to go for a ride. Both of us had things to do that day so we decided that we wouldn’t be able to go on a ride until 7... Turns out that we didn’t leave until 7:30. The ride felt really good in the beginning we rode just a few miles before stopping at our friend Andrew’s home to encourage him to fix up a bike he just bought so he could come and join us. The stop was a success because before we left he was saying that he would have his bike working by the end of the week,or at least he was going to be buying parts to fix it by the end of the week, we'll see.

By the time we left the day is ending and the night is starting. We made sure that both the blinking tail lights and headlights were on and headed out. We decided a long loop around to the bike path and duke park would be a good choice. It is really starting to get brisk in the evening and I put my arm warmers and then it feels great. We rode out of the houses, up past Monkey's, behind the Troy high school, and turned right to meet up with the bike path rightat duke park.  I always love when we go to duke park because the sharp turns and curving path feel like your are on a race track, too bad it’s so short. This time we even decided to do the track in the opposite direction than we normally do, adding some spark to the ride. We follow the path down by the river, and the city lights are on and the crickets are out. The music of the night is completely different than the day and is a beautiful sound. We pop out on 55 and decide to cut through the houses to Troy Urbana. We take the roads that look the steepest to help prepare us for highlander (3 days). 

I was nervous about taking Troy Urbana thinking that there would be cars and they wouldn’t notice us, but honestly night seems safer than the day because the cars DO notice you and DO slow down. I think the lights must confuse them into doing it.. Haha.. We turn right and head back to the house. The rest of the ride went smoothly and easly. It was a short ride, only 15 miles, but at the end on the second half of Sayers there was this scene with the moon out and bight, and you could see the fields glowing all around us, and the stars out the cricket, louder than ever. The whole picture was really amazing, I think that I will have to go and enjoy this style of riding again shortly. Until next time.