Addendum

Took my bike out for the first time in a couple of years. Wrestled with inflating the tires. All that kind of thing is more frustrating to me than it should be. Anyway, rode around in the empty parking lots and roads by the Woodfin Y. In one sense it was not a successful venture. I had forgotten how efficient the brakes are, and when I first applied them, they grabbed hold and I went flying over the handlebars. I landed flat (I’ve always been a good faller) so nothing got more of a shock than anything else. Not even scraped skin, though my already damaged shoulder was jarred and aches like hell now. On the other hand, I feel terrific, spent and energized at once, as I remember from the old days.