Ghost

  

   So discovering the potential of road riding is a new and exciting undertaking I recently have discovered. I nicknamed her (my bike) ghost, due to the fact that the Sette Vitale is all white and it is very fast so I'm sure I look like a blur when I'm riding it. I've only been accustomed to riding mountain bikes so the transition to having a lighter and faster bike is a thrill. Climbing is still one of the things I love when being on a bike and that hasn't changed. The one thing that's different is the speed you can generate going downhill. 

      I was going down to cedar beach in Mount Sinai one early morning and hit the endorphin maximum. The contrast between the effort from climbing the hills coupled with the shear thrill of feeling like you have wings on the downhills was almost overwhelming. I really don't necessarily like going to fast but this morning was different. I like to have control and flying down some of these hills realizing that it would not be a good thing to crash can be a little unnerving. 

      Later on that day I saw the new superman and could relate to that feeling of flight. At first he was uncertain of what he could do. He started jumping, then after getting use to his new found power started flying. It took time to build to that level in order to fly consistently. Same with anything we do. We need to build slowly but also be consistent with it. I'll try to be in control as much as possible and not do anything out of my ability. I think this is the start of a beautiful relationship.

-Barton-