I took the Pinarello out for a ride along with a Friends for Life Bike rally training ride today. It's about 50 km from Finch station and since I rode up there and back it was about 80 km or thereabouts total. The weather was perfect, cool but sunny. The riders were great as well and I was able to hook up with a relatively fast crew. The Friends for Life Bike rally supports HIV/AIDs research with an annual ride from Toronto to Montreal. You can find out more here www.bikerally.org. I've never done it myself, but contribute to people who do. My friend Mike didn't roll out of bed in time for the ride today (his loss). The Pinarello behaved very well and I think I've almost got it dialed in.

I did forget how bad roads are in the Yonge and Finch area, though, and smacked a couple of large potholes. Also some of the motorists were confused by a bike on the road. Unfortunately I knee-jerked my signal finger a couple of times which detracted from an otherwise pleasurable ride through some beautiful areas.

I did forget my sunscreen though and I felt a little baked when I got back. I wanted to get the Vision out for a quick scoot and may just end up doing that tomorrow morning.