Broke a spell of nearly a week without riding (due to Hurricane Alex) only to encounter what I can only describe effectively as “Frogageddon” – due to all the rain from the Hurricane, many frogs ventured onto the pavement on the country roads on our route. Unfortunately, 100% of them were pancakes – squashed by cars. I did narrowly avoid running over at least two 8-12 inch “stick bugs” that were a bit creepy (had visions of hitting one and it flying up at me and landing in my back jersey pocket or something).
We also started the rain with a heavy overcast, enjoyed some sun for a few miles then encountered very wet streets on our return home – not a big fan of riding on soaking streets with my 700×23 slick road bike tires!
Quite an interesting ride – but soooo good to be back on the bike!
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Hey Justin.
Was going to email you this, but couldn’t figure out how. I found your blog while searching for reviews of the Trek Valencia, since I’m considering getting one for my work commute. (Am a bike newbie.)
I’m curious: when you were shopping for yours, did you give any thought to the Trek 7.3 FX? It seems like a very similar bike, minus the disc brakes.
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/compare/#/73fx,valencia
Just thought I’d ask since you love the Valencia so much.