This year's version of downhill skiing ...

Warm weather, lots of rain, and little snow limits downhill skiing opportunites. We found this bike (last year's model marked down by half) at a sporting goods store a week ago. It weighs half what my old one does, has 27 speeds and disc brakes. After a 60-mile ride on cinder trails and over creeks, and up hills I had to run my old bike up because it kept running out of gears, we started looking for a more practical model. We knew this was the answer. It also appears that this will be our New Year's activity. More rain and 40 degree weather are predicted.