A good start

We don't open until noon on Wednesdays, which is nice sometimes. While I spent much of the summer working through that open time, we escaped this morning for a ride.

As you can see from the sky, it was a pretty perfect morning. Mid-to-upper 50s, no wind. Damn, it was nice.

We rolled south to Bellevue, up the boulevard - and up a couple of nice, awful climbs - and then back down the boulevard, to Midtown and to the shop.

It was the last ride on my current Madone, because from here on out - or for at least the next month - it's all 'cross all the time. And when that's done, a new bike will be here and it'll be time to roll on once again.