Monday, October 12, 2009

Official: I am old


I am old. It's been coming for a while, but on this day it is official. I have a compact crankset. I have a gray goatee and wrinkles. But the thing that makes it official: I now have a Grateful Dead inspired jersey, like the ones that all those beer-belly riders have. I worry I am but one step away from a recumbent. Heck, I've seriously contemplated a triple, even though I know it's just a gateway drug toward becoming a 'bent rider. I know there is no reprieve from the steady tick of the clock and turn of the calendar page. But I hope I won't sink further.
If I start talking hybrid, recumbent, or breakfast cereal jersey please come and stop me.

2 comments:

  1. I know I joined the ranks of "the old" when I got my Specialized Roubaix triple. :-)

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  2. Anonymous3:40 PM

    Hey - I've thought about the Lucky Charms jersey. :-)

    Veronica

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