The beautiful, light weight carbon 
construction to your right is: MY NEW BIKE!
Last weekend, BJ surprised me with it.
Here’s how the situation went down: It was Saturday afternoon and we were running some errands around town – Whole Foods, Pacers, Hurt Cleaners and Hudson Trail Outfitters. Nothing about that list is out of the ordinary: we need food, have dry cleaning to pick up and BJ’s best friend works for HTO. We go to HTO about 2 times/month because BJ ‘always’ needs a new pair of shorts or a new shirt or a new pair of flip flops, etc. Our first stop: the bike shop. I love the bikes at HTO – and, at any given time, there are about 10 different ones that I want! I wish I could buy a beach cruiser for every day of the week. Anyway, I started looking around and pointed to a bike that I liked – it was a white/green/black Scott bike. [Side note: I should point out that the “bike pictured above” is the bike that I thought I was getting, however 14 days before my first tri, I still didn’t have it. As a serious athlete I started to get nervous. I was looking for a back-up; I was looking for an alternative.] So, back to the bike that I pointed to – I showed BJ, he seemed to like it too, and then I asked Jon, the bike shop manager, if he had the Scott bike in the back. He said, “Let me check.” Well, he had a bike in the back but it was NOT the white/green/black Scott – it was MY NEW BIKE (!!!!) – a beautiful black/silver/purple Fuji. I was so excited, I couldn’t stop smiling (or screaming: “That’s my new bike!!”).
That afternoon we rode 25 miles – and it fit perfectly. I don’t know what I was so worried about – I’ll be ready for my tri in no time!
P.S. A special shout out to Andrew – for getting me an awesome bike; and to BJ – for an awesome surprise! 
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