Normally our Saturday rides were 40-60 miles long with some sort of workout thrown in. Bang it out in three or four hours then get on with yardwork or groceries or whatever needed doing. In June, I bought a Soma Fogcutter for my wife. I had purchased a Fairdale Weekender for me earlier in the year and wanted one for her too. It wasn't available in her size so we went with the Fogcutter instead. The idea of buying these bikes was to ride places we normally wouldn't on road bikes - bad roads, busy bike trails, and urban rides where there's a lot of stop-and-go. Plus, they have fenders so we could ride when it's wet and racks so we could carry stuff. The day after I built her Fogcutter, we decided to do a 'shakedown' ride to break in the bikes, make sure they fit correctly and make sure they worked well. Instead of doing our normal Saturday road bike ride we decided to ride the adventure bikes into Indianapolis to find a coffee shop and have some lunch.
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