Tread & Bread

With Metropolis closed for a week, I'm delirious and disoriented. D came by the other day and we closed the shop early in order to ride. The trip north was swift if brisk, but generally comfortable. By the time we hit Sheridan, though, the sun was setting, and as things weren't looking great, as neither of us were familiar with Edgewater or Roger's Park. We rode north for another fifteen minutes or so, ducking down alleys and side streets, before giving up and turning around. Hitting Clark, however, I noticed a particularly promising storefront: "Panaderia Ayutla ". It's a smallish, well lit storefront containing several floor-to-ceiling rolling cages filled with fresh Mexican pastries... and little else. Before the doorway there's a glass counter with a pile of steel tongs and circular trays. So we piled them high with galletas, cremas de fresa, and of course panes del huevos. All were delicious, and a significant bargain at about 40c each!
Returning now into the darkness with a steady headwind, jolted by several hundred cheap calories, we sidewalked it back to the path and flipped on the headlights. The north end of the LHP has been under construction for several months now, but the fresh tarmac is looking really nice. Around Belmont, we got the brilliant idea to cut through a muddy patch and test out the new path. I barely made it through the much, but D's brakes seized with clay and mud, and we had to stop for a few minutes, first to clean his bike, and again to clean out my cleats... oh, well.
The bread ride was a breeze compared to this morning's blizzard conditions. I fully expect all the pansy West Coast livin' UCVC folks to return home and join the snowy fun next week, because I really need someone to draft.

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