Nice ride, buddy!

I can’t think of it at the moment but there’s a word for humanizing objects – giving objects feelings and a personality. Car enthusiasts do this a lot, “She purrs like a kitten.” “He likes to run on the open road.” I do this all the time!

My latest offense occurred yesterday when I shipped my bicycle to its new owner! Yep – I sold my bike! No, I’m not giving up cycling – this is a scheduled upgrade (I can’t wait to get my brand new Cannondale CAAD8 R700 next week!). But just as I was about to close the box and administer packaging tape, I actually peeked inside, glanced at my very first road bike and said to myself, “Nice ride, buddy!” Don’t worry – no one heard me!

I feel like I should apologize for being so sappy but I can’t help it. Every time I walked through the garage it called out to me, “When are we going to hit the road again?” On days when I just didn’t have it I could hear my bike encouraging me, “Let’s go! Dig deep!” When I would head out for just a short 20-mile ride it would say, “C’mon! Let’s do some crazy miles today!” Most times I could hardly resist.

Here’s me and my bike in our greatest moment together – finishing the MS150.

So please excuse me for being a little sentimental. I just want to take a moment and say thanks to a good bike that taught me the love of a great sport!