Start:  Denver, CO

Finish: Denver, CO

Weather:  Sunny, 95 degrees

Bike Time: 2 hours

Miles:  20

Distance to date: 20

I headed out of Cycle Analyst and headed north to Colfax.  My adventure began riding east on Colfax, the street that figured prominently in Kerouac’s On The Road.  He was heading West in his old car, I headedeast on the bike, riding along a strip of America that is showing its age, the bus stops full of aging Hispanics and Blacks, the IHOP roof repainted to boast Mama’s Café, and the windows of Pete’s Kitchen sweaty with heat.  After satisfying my presumptuous connection to Kerouac, I turned south and made a maiden ride of twenty miles along Denver’s extensive system of bike paths.  The bike worked like a charm, though the spiffy leather seat I bought is hard as a diamond.  Time will tell how long it will take to break it in.  My butt is hoping for sooner rather than later.