Now that the rain has stopped ....

.... and winter finally arrived, I pulled my XP out of the garage today. It had been parked inside there for weeks, since all we got the last weeks was rain, lots of rain. No problem for my (new) velomobile, but not for the "naked" bikes like the XP. But today was different : last night temperatures dropped, wind had changed to N-N/E so yes, finally a day without rain. A bit on the cold side (below 5° Celsius) and a mild wind, but who cares ! I put on enough layers to last a couple of hours and off I went. Wow, I almost forgot how much fun it was riding a LWB, it had been that long ! I did not care that my feet turned cold after 1,5 hours, I did not mind that I had to stop for several Pinkelpauses (as the Germans call it), I did not mind that I was waaaaay slower than my velomobile, I simply enjoyed riding my XP again, every minute of it !
I did not meet many cyclists outside this afternoon, but the few I did cross, had the same grin on their faces that I propably had. Let's hope this weather lasts a couple of weeks, so I can crank up the milage on this wonderful bike for these last weeks of the year !