As a rule, I’ve never been much of a social media kind of guy. Sure, I’ll update on the shop’s facebook page from time to time and I’ve started a handful of blogs (all of which consisting of one or fewer posts) but I don’t use twitter and my coworkers post more status updates on my facebook page than I do. So logically, I presented the idea to Ben (my boss) that if he’d let me outfit a touring bike to demo, I’d blog about it. That conversation ended with the temporary addition of a 2010 Masi Speciale Randonneur to my stable, the creation of this blog, and me volunteering to ride RAGBRAI self supported.

RAGBRAI starts Sunday and I'll try to check in with some photos and comments as often as I can.