This is an excerpt from a facebook message Starman sent me a little while back. I thought it was blog worthy. The shop I work at had a lime green 1975 Fuji Tourer that had been sitting in the back for years and we gave it to him. His message is a first ride report.
"Took out the mean green machine for a test run today. Wasn't anything enduring like our club runs. It was 20 miles, but it was on pretty much level ground, no hills and valleys to kick puch combo through. I do like the new pedals and shoes, but I still want to try them out on our more trying route to see the difference, although I'm not sure that I'll notice much of any since I exchanged step in's for another 15 lbs. of bike. Yeah I'm hooked. Going out again tomorrow as long as it's not raining.... ah the hell with it, a little rain never hurt anyone.
"Oh yeah almost forgot... first time out on my new bike, and my nick name was there to stare me in the face! I ran across 14 deer! No shit 14 and one of them was a 10 point buck! That big bastard about made me shit my pants when he didn't move til I was 5 yards off him. What is it about those damn animals? They can't be happy with running off into the woods on their own damn side of the road? No they have to wait til you're about on them and then the grass on the other side of the road looks like a safer spot for them?!?!?! As soon as I got back to my car I drove straight to WalMart and bought a Deer Whistle and mounted it on my bike."
Also, our "club" is official a club starting next trimester. We didn't realize that there was actual paperwork you had to fill out for the school to recognize us.
