Took the bike out for a spin yesterday afternoon. Already dark out, but still in the upper 40's, and the rain had let up long enough for the roads to dry out enough to not crud up my facemask with road spray. Would've left the house earlier, but with my work shift, I don't wake up 'til early afternoon, even on my days off.

Rode around town, and down into Portland, looking for a hardware store that was still open (didn't find any), to try out a brainwave I had for snazzier looking spacers for the front of my seat, instead of the nylon spacers that are too short anyway.

It was such a nice ride, I prolonged it by taking a lap on the back roads around my house, and a spin through the rich peoples country, of course being considerate not to open the pipes up (yeah right!

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