Bike Buying Update:

So I think I am finally willing to part with the well deserved and till now reserved cash I've been saving... I think I may buy my new bike this week!

For the past 4 years I've been doing AIDS Rides and trotting around town on a Specialized Crossroads Hybrid. It's been a great and reliable bike. It's been through a lot. 3 AIDS Rides, a make up AIDS Ride, torrential rains, the tail end of a hurricane, a good amount of sunshine, a few almost crashes, and at times one of two almost fisticuffs with Red Sox douchebags sitting in traffic. It's been from NYC to Boston. It's been across the whole state of Massachusetts a few times. It's been out to Newton and back for a year or two until I quit that shit whole job and now it goes from Boston to Brookline and also to the Financial District on a daily basis. She gets around!

Because I am neither a cyclist like Lance Armstrong or a money maker like Donald Trump I'll be focusing my monies on a middle of the road-road bike instead of some suped up thousands of dollars jobey that would break me.

I think (I say "think" because you never know with my decision making) I've decided on the bike I'll be getting. It's another Specialized because I have a little bit of superstition in this area. My current Specialized has never even had a flat tire so I think it's the Fort Knox of brands and I like and trust the track record I have! I wanted something lighter (how could it not be) and more sleek. I want clipless pedals though I'm sure I'll fall over a couple times in the first month. I want I want I want...

Anyhoo, I think I'm getting the Specialized Sequia Elite.

I'll let you know if I come home with it anytime soon.