Going Aero for 1 mile

It seems like getting started is the most difficult task for anything. Case in point. I picked up James Joyce's'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man a couple of weeks ago and have not been able to get past the Intro. There is simply not enough time in the day with work, kids, workouts, family, and the occasional 5-6 hours of sleep. I was never tasked with reading anything by Joyce in High School or college, and now I want to find out what the fuss is about. Portrait is considered the third most important English language novel of the twentieth century, and I guess that I will have to find out for myself when I can carve out more time.



The same itch applies to going aero. I currently ride an entry level Specialized road bike with no aero bars. I had never ridden bike in the aero position. At one point, I was the only person doing a half-iron distance tri with no aero bars on his bike. Talk about bringing a knife to a gunfight.

Well, the veil of aero ignorance was scheduled to come off last Saturday when I was going to ride my new Quintana Roo (pronounced kihn-tah-nah roh-oh) on a group ride. We were 1 mile into it, when my rear tire got a slash, and my introduction into the aero world was short-lived. I went home and did my bike workout on my old road bike.

Maybe next weekend I'll put a dent into Joyce's classic and do a full ride on my new tri bike.