60th Birthday Bike

As an early 60th birthday present to myself, I've purchased a mountain bike! It's a Novara Aspen 26" hardtail from REI.

The CFO could only shake her head, smile, and ask "Can you possibly think of any other ways to spend money?" I assured her that I could. As justification for my purchase, I explained that she had already ordered a Lounge Lizard for my birthday and that (1) I waited for REI's Spring Sale in order to (2) use the 20% Off-Any-One-Item coupon for the bike. Nevertheless, she remains fixated on the other 100%-20% = 80% part of the latest investment in my health and well-being, despite the obvious fact that the 20% discount will more than pay for the Lounge Lizard, making it an absolutely free-of-charge birthday gift from her.

Can you ever make a CFO happy?

Sam and I are working on conditioning our legs now and have a goal to eventally ride into Sparta and back without the necessity of assistance from the Alleghany EMS.