9/10/2008 Calera Ride

My son had baseball practice in Calera yesterday so I thought I would get a short ride in before practice. First of all I went to MapMyRide.com and mapped out the route. Too bad they didn't tell me one of the roads turned into dirt about 2 miles down it. I didn't like that but I made it through and got back to the pavement. Now here comes the good part. My bike only had 27 gears when I started yesterday BUT I found that it actually has 28 gears...The ROTT gear..as in ROTTWEILER GEAR...120 lb + barking, growling, snarling, can run 1/2 a mile Rottweiler. My friend says that gear is the OH SHYT gear. I made it to the top of the hill and he stopped there and watched me ride away. I rode 10 miles at an average of 16.8 mph. Kujo probably increased that by over 2 mph. I will only ride those roads again while I am prepared to defend myself with fire power. I was very lucky and I will be contacting the Calera Police ot see if they can have a conversation with the owner. BTW...I'm sure I reached my heart rate capacity yesterday..LOL