I hit my goal...now what?

   Just before the hurricane swept through last week, I was able to hit my goal of 3000 miles for the year 2012. I have never ridden that many in one year, and a good reason I was able to reach that goal were the strangely mild temperatures January through March. I am not a cold weather cyclist, so the conditions were a treat - but I don't expect a repeat performance this winter.
   We've had some chilly, windy days already, and I've forced myself to hit the pavement to stay in shape, just in case we have a little warmup. Otherwise things are a bit slow, particularly because I had to close down the shop for a while due to a waterproofing project in the basement, not that I regularly have a ton of customers at this time of year!
   Sue and I did have a chance to attend the Philadelphia Bike Expo and enjoyed a presentation by Eben Weiss, alias Bike Snob NYC, author of a VERY funny blog and a couple of books focused on cycling. We are regular readers of his daily entries, but I was considering boycotting the site, when within a two-week period he managed to poke fun at three of my all-time favorite cyclists: Johann Museeuw, Mario Cipollini and Alejandro Valverde. However, Eben also regularly puts himself down, so I decided not to hold it against him.
   I also saw a fantastic bike (pictured below), which particular appealed to this Bethlehem native and big time Lehigh fan. I quickly reassured Sue that I wasn't looking to purchase.

I'll be picky and say he needs to put an Engineer on there instead of a Mountain Hawk (no such thing)!

   I will be taking a bit of a break from regular posting, but if something interesting pops up, I will definitely share.