Squeaker Rides

After a long day at my day job, I threw the Terry Butterfly Carbon saddle on the bike (a saddle ride-able for century mileage or less due to the overly narrow cutout which does not relieve pressure as well as the old Terry cutout saddles did), and rode a quick 22 mile ride last night in just over an hour. Being late September I had to race the sunset in rather chilly temperatures. Riding through the Snoqualmie valley area I had a red tail hawk glide parallel to me only 20 feet away for about 1/4 mile, as if it were joining me in the fun. This made the ride worth it, in spite of having to really crank the last 2 twisty miles of pitch black night without lights. It was a squeaker trying to squeeze in a ride before dark, but with the days getting shorter rapidly there will be many more squeakers to come I am sure.