spring is in the air and its evidenced by the loads of bike path warriors (bpw from here on out) out on the prowl. i havent been super commutered just yet, but im sure its coming. last summer it was a battle royale nearly every morning. i'd be leisurely commuting to work and this a-hole bpw just had to try to show me whats up. being the competitive athlete i am, i could never let it go. once in a while i'd catch him from behind. he'd see me coming from blocks away and start hammering. one day i came from the back and rolled up next to him. i said hi. nothing. maybe he's deaf? i wave. nothing. i mumbled something about him being a prick and super commutered his ass. temps in the mid thirties, semi-clear roads, two days off work...time to get down. i roamed out timber through riley. tried a new route going south through klevenville and into mt horeb. i turned just shy of blue mounds back to black earth and cross plains. the day put me at four and a half and i felt pretty good. today i joined jesse bright and early for another tour of some new to me roads. paoli to just short of new glaurus. we headed sw through dailyville and the year's first of may trips through blue mounds. blue mounds trail and union valley are real buggers at this time of year. the deep burn was evident. through cross plains and into the typical schneider headwind. about five and a quarter hours to put the last two days damn near ten hours. its only just beginning.

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[devin]

Time on your hands....BPW are the best I like it when they go left when you say on your left.. It has only begun.

[Ronsta]

Same shit happens out here! Sometimes I'll roll up on a bpw (we call 'em leeches here) with aero bars of course, on the nbrt and they'll sit on my wheel for 2+ miles. Then if we get to an intersection and try to chit chat, they'll just ignore you. WTF?