I ended up buying the updated version of the ugly bike I rode on PBP in 2015. It can take 32mm tires and has disc brakes.
On my first ride, a couple verses of Thunder Road popped into my head thinking of the feeling of the impending sunrise riding thru the night.
So you're scared and you're thinking
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me
Maybe, I'll call it Mary. Oh, I wish the thoughts were more like Golden Earring's.....There's a voice in my head that drives my heel...
And it's a half past four and I'm shiftin' gear......The road has got me hypnotized. But, Bruce will have to do.
