the GOT bike

I think it's too late for me to start being a mountain biker, but Merriam Webster defines "becoming" also as "suitable, fitting," and that usage seems, well, apt. I rode the trail bred hybrid twice, on Friday and Saturday, and the size extra big seemed to suit me quite well. And hey, who needs a language with so many words when a few words can have so many meanings? Friday evening was the Trail Blasters junior mountain bike ride with the Northampton Cycling Club, and after missing the prior week, it seemed a great chance to try the trail-bred on some more singletrack, and this time when the saddle slipped again on my way to joining the group, the steel nut handled higher torque much better than the stock aluminum did. I was also appreciating the shorter cranks with lower gearing and confirmed my though from a few days earlier: don't try to step up a bike's fit before the pedals are your desired distance from the bottom bracket. And with the rear rack ins...