Looking For Margaritaville

This morning I was awoke to the sounds of 60 mph gusts and conditions that looked to be nearly unbearable. So I rang up Stefano in an effort to cancel our scheduled ride and was quickly talked into venturing out into the mountains on a day when most cyclists would have sat on the trainer. Since I am a firm believer that as a cyclist you are only allotted a certain amount of trainer hours in a lifetime and mine have already been cashed in, I suited up.



Give me the fastest, tightest and steepest singletrack out there and I won't think twice.. the situation I faced today however, left me shaking in my booties. Next time you think about using the term "roadie" in a derogative manner, think twice, these guys know how to ride. Today Stefano Barberi, one of the nation's fastest up and coming roadies, lead me down some seriously sketchy, ice littered, steep and windy (and I am not using this term lightly) mountain roads that reminded me why I don't trust skinny tires.



Btw, Stefano just signed with Frankie Andreu's new team, United Pro Cycling, which looks like the team to beat next year. Congratulations bro, I wish I was as fast as you when I was 21, wait I wish I was that fast right now...