- New saddle: Selle Italia SLK Gel. 2nd best thing between my legs ever. Love it.
- There are waaaaaay more riders in Van this year than last. It’s awesome to see so many roadies, clubs, trigeeks, loners (like me) out riding.
- A chocolate bar really hit the spot after 2hrs of hard riding.
- I can hold a chocolate bar beteen my aerobars & stem (that little spot that’s open there). Coffee crisp fits perfectly. It will stay there until I exceed 45kph. Then it’s gone.
- There are more dogs than people at Locarno/Spanish Banks. They’re fun to watch tho.
- Ice cold chocolate milk after a 2h30 run in the sun is heaven on earth.
- Didn’t see Khai, PowerGyoza et. al. today (like last week), but did meet a new rider friend, Zenya. He also has a 16mo old daughter and is riding with Escape Velocity (local roadie club). He thinks anyone doing IM is crazy.
- Those little packets of crackers you get free with soups etc are a good cheap salty snack.
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