This is a photo of my Long Haul Trucker on a pre-dawn ride. The place is an open space preserve above the Silicon Valley. Normally I come here for short mountain bike rides, but this morning I decided to ride the trucker up to the lookout to have breakfast and watch the sunrise. It always amazes me how versatile the LHT can be. I pretend to be touring out on the silk road, at least for the 30 minutes I am out in the dirt, then I go back to the reality of TPS reports and metropolis.

—Mike
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