Swizzle Laser Light Show

No, no, I'm not talking about going to some planetarium in the late 80's and checking out the Pink Floyd Laser Light Experience, man...........it's much more propeller head than that.


Well, if you haven't heard, I'm kinda like way into riding the bike these days, and while we've all been enjoying this strange, ultra-warm New England Fall, I know the warm days are numbered. Now, it'd be no biggie if I was able to put the bike away until next spring, but, I just can't do that anymore. I can't stop riding, and I don't want to stop riding, and I really do love riding, HOWEVER, no matter what I do, or shoes, or socks or whatever I try, my feet turn into blocks of ice when the temp goes below 40 degrees.

Soooooooo. In my quest for warm feet, I returned to my man Hussam. He sold me my trusty Giant bike six years ago, and he's renowned for being the best-dam-bike-fitter around. And what the heck, with the amount of time and energy I spend on the bike (I'm guessing my trusty Ginat has about 12,000 miles on her), and the amount of money it saves on therapy, kicking out a couple of bucks to get a Gucci, laser light, propeller-head, data crunching fitting is worth it.


Who knows, I may be even realizing that I'm worth it in a healthy, taking-care-of yourself kind of way? Regardless, I spent 3 hours with my man Hussam today, and hmmmm.....he got me a totally pain-free set up on his cool custom-fitting machine, but, ummm....I may need a New Bike (pictured above) to actually replicate the sweet fitting awesomness on the road.......Hmmmmmm. I knew going into today that  Hussam is an expert salesman, as well as the owner of this very cool, customer-oriented boutique bike shop in Concord, but I have to agree, he has a point.

Oooooohhhhhhh. Carbon............ Fast.........

He talked about soul. He talked about joy. He talked about not changing the oil in a Ferrari. He talked about crunching the numbers: How much time do you spend on the bike? How much money is pure, unadulterated joy worth? How would it feel to go faster with much less effort, and better still, go much, much faster with your current effort? "The speed increase will lead to you spending even more time on the bike," he says. "Your 36-miler will become 56 overnight," he muses. "You're a natural talent and gifted with a long femur," he exclaims. "Why drive a beat up camry when you can drive a Ferrari?" and just smiles. That's what a closer does........smiles. 

Does a bike have Soul????????????

He was almost like a drug dealer waving a big bag of drugs in front of a person, who, shall we say, has a bit of a sweet tooth for that kind of stuff. He was like the candyman. A magic candy salesman..................


But, man, I can't argue with his data collection, and his customer service, and his bedside manner. First rate. Absolutely first rate. And he's right. I'm not sure if I'm ready for a new bike yet, but he is right about all those things. And it would be fun to ride without having two club feet at mile 2.