#TJROW

can you use a hash tag as a title?

no probably not.

I had the idea a bit ago to go through why I would be a great addition to the peloton headed to DC for the National Bike Summit.

Wavering about the wisdom of laying out all the reasons...

Planet Bike Supercommuter,
Commuting by bike since 1990 (with a * for the years 1999-2005 and the 150 miles a day in a car)

but then the rest sort of sound like a bit of yeah whatever...so what.  So what if you did the 2 man 25HOGG, drove home and was on the bike a few days later with no issues.  2x a day 5 days a week on the bike most weeks.  Halfway decent elite masters CX racer.  Pretty knowledgeable about eating and fueling for long (all day) rides, mostly from fucking up.  Full compliment of lights and clothing required for the trip in whatever conditions might show up.  Big draft for the rest of the riders.  Not a problem speaking about my passion for the bike as a mode of transportation.  I can bring a totally different demographic to the fundraising angle between G+, FB, (don't worry blogger friends I don't expect anything from you two or three here), Local advocacy groups here in PVD/RI, and shop coverage that the BOS crew might not tap into.  Optimistic about hitting the $2500? No clue.  Not a freaking clue.

But immaterial.  Do I want to make the whole trip from Boston to DC? yes. no question. Do I think I could do it? yes. no question.  Esp if I add a couple trips to Boston and back over the next couple months on top of the commuting and trainer time.  Would it be awesome to hang out with my friends who are already on the list? no question yes.  It would be so cool.

But maybe this year I just need to pop on and hang out for the first day and split off and head home to PVD at some point and thing about it more seriously if Tim does this again next year..

Oh and if yall can talk to the weather gods/mother nature see if you can keep the weather on Thursday next week not so terrible.  Might try and shoot for the first  BOS trip that day.

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