TALES: Cheap entertainment

It was the first completely sunny day for a about a week, so Chris and I hit Chibana, Spiders & Pipes and Mad Hatter today after work. Nice ride, and we even stumbled upon a farmer who was hand-making straw tatami mats about midway through S&P.

Started out a little rough though. We had a little Okinawan man inspecting our bikes as we got ready to ride. He was very friendly and very curious, especially about my Prophet's Lefty fork.

There's a low-hanging chain that crosses Chibana's starting point so, of course, it's tradition to start the ride with a little bunny hop over it -- over being the operative term. My back wheel didn't quite clear the chain, and the wheel somehow hit me in the back of the head -- driving my face into the dirt. This, apparently, was the funniest thing our little friend had seen all week.

Still don't know why we was just sitting on a bucket by his truck alongside the road; perhaps, he was just waiting for something interesting to happen. I'm glad he wasn't disappointed if that was case.