Kona

I'm slowly transforming into a bike snob. I bought a brand new bike for commuting.

Of course for a REAL bike snob buying a low budget Kona is nothing more than a pitiful act conducted by some wanna-be. The best choice for sure would be fixing your own bike. I don't care, since I had my reasons:

1. My old faithful Marvil is giving up and I'm sure that his future will be close to taking care of my commuting during the winter - in snow and on ice.
2. Next spring Lil' D will be ready for some bike trips (in addition to baby jogger) and I DON'T want that he would have a crash course of Finnish cursing caused by me pedaling the heaviest Marvil around while he's enjoying the scenery from his bicycle seat.

The recovery is going good. Only thing is that core workouts in a repeat mode are loosing their edge. Where's the scenery, where's the smell of pain? 

And good luck to Mark B. and Ben I. at Chicago on next Sunday! Kick ass!