Saturday Rides & a New bike

So, I got this nice, shiny new bike with Di2, through Rick Miller.  Why a BH?  Walking through a bike frame manufacturer in Taiwan a few years ago revealed the obvious, most frames are made at the same factory, by the same workers using the same grades of carbon fiber.  I needed a new bike so why pay more for a BMC, Trek or similar brand, as I have always done in the past, when I could get a BH and get it through a guy who has bent over backwards to keep me riding more times then I can remember.  When my pedal broke off the crank arm on July 3rd, Rick fixed it the morning of the 4th, think about that.  When my bottom bracket was clacking on a Thursday ride 3 weeks ago, Rick fixed it the next day.  I have to reciprocate as best I can and that is by buying a quality bike through Rick and so now I have another climbing machine, if only the equipment could make the difference I need.

Now, two good rides for Saturday.  The Tour de Cause out of Lancaster is a great ride with information about it available here: http://www.tourdecause.org/.  I know the Grand Poobah is riding in this one.  Also, COP has the Rocky Roving Ride, an absolute classic on the schedule renown as much for the maps as the route.  With Ryan Roe's assistance, Mitch O produces a map that is without equal, usually although Dave Miller runs a very close second with one of his routes later in the year.  Sure, there is a lot of climbing but rather than up and down and up and down, there are a lot of flat to rolling sections punctuated by just a few nasty climbs like the one up Rocky Road then that evil little Thorton Sprung or something like that and then up not once but twice through Tar Hollow State Park.  My knees are quivering just now thinking about it.  8:00am start for both rides.