Alrighty lets at least get this going
No idea where this is headed, let's go on this adventure together
So I bought a gravel bike.
This is something I’d been thinking about for quite a few months, probably since around September, but finally decided to move on things this month. To say the experience has exceeded my expectations would be a drastic understatement. I’ve been cycling for a for a decade or so and have really and will continue to enjoy the road, but gravel has quite literally opened up a whole new world. As I’ve said to some friends recently, I’m riding on roads and even trails I didn’t know existed in my local area after living here since 2005. 🤯
Gravel is pretty relaxed and most of my cycling friends augment riding from other seasons with gravel for the winter and so far it’s great for this purpose … though I can already see how I will want to do this without all the layers as there is so much to explore! Gravelmap as well as hunting routes from friends has proven to be a great start to uncovering what’s out there and looking north towards NW Connecticut and Duchess county, NY there’s a ton I’ve passed by blissfully unaware.
What else has been happening? Well I’m back really using desktop RSS and enjoying that too. NetNewsWire has made a great return and syncs my Feedly subs seemlessly across desktop and mobile devices.
Musically, I can pretty emphatically recommend the following recent releases which have been in active rotation via Roon but linked here in Spotify for ease of use here:
Let’s call this is a decent start. It’s the end of January and I got it done in month one … just barely!