Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Rapha's Road Journal Begins

As I was pushing my way through a damp, spongey 'B' road section somewhere along the 100 mile mark of TransIowa, my phone rang. A quick glimpse showed a phone number I didn't recognize, thought, "Who the fuck is that?" and simply put my phone back in my pocket. In an somewhat ironic near-miss, it turned out to one of the guys from Rapha regarding the Michigan ride I am 'hosting' in a few weeks.

When I first heard the voicemail, I thought, "Man, maybe if I had answered this I would have been inspired to keep riding." Of course, now that seems a little silly. Rapha makes a fine garment, but performance roadwear doesn't exactly contain mystical healing powers... if they do, I really blew it.

While I have a few weeks to go, the Continental Calling Tour has already begun with a Road Journal you can follow. (Hey Corey, you'll see Mena was part of a ride post tornado, so all that scenery we saw was put to all of the uses we discussed.)

2 comments:

Taugimba said...

Look forward to your RRJ, a MI insider told me your route is his favorite. Those TX routes will be no comparison (ridden 'em).

Joe Partridge said...

Dude, a Michigan ride? Where and when? It might be worth a trip back to the mitten state...