A special thank you to TK (Tatiwat Kananuruk) or Ngop (Thai Nick Name) for letting me tag along on his morning ride. TK, thanks so much! TK also gets credit for the Featured Image at the top of this post. Great shot TK!
The Ride!
LOREM
The ride today was 12.3 Miles
but I didn’t turn off my tracker
for the 4.2 mile ride home
so it reads 16.5 miles.
I am a grown man and I do not know how to use apps on my phone, or at least I can’t seem to consistently stop tracking when I get off my bike.
I will make this a new goal of mine:
Don’t FCUK up the map track, Dave!
Below are some more pictures that we all took. (TK, Da, and I.)
Friends, You Didn’t Know You Had
I met TK while working at Fin Japanese Cuisine in Chesterfield, MO. TK was, and is, an amazing sushi chef and I was a mediocre bartender at the time. I knew TK, and I always thought he was one of the funniest people I have met. I would say he is the funniest Thai person that I know. However, maybe he is just very happy.
Either way, we never spent any time together outside of work. When I started posting about cycling online TK appeared out of the mist. He said, “Hey Dave, let’s go biking.” … So, today we did just that. Not only did I have a lot of fun I learned a lot. TK is into doing events. He doesn’t race for winning, he races for fun, or at least that is what I understood.
I feel like today I made great progress on my Cycling Oddessy and I made a new friend with a good heart in the process.
I Rode a 9 lbs (US) 4.08 KG Racing Bike
TK thank you for letting me ride your awesome racing bike! I hadn’t even thought of asking, but then TK offered. I was shocked he would let me ride his prized possession.
Then I rode it really fast and he was probably really scared that I would crash. Check the video, when I make a joke about not wearing a helmet, he is like “Ah, yeah, heh heh…”
Video Evidence of the Ride
You can pay a lot for a bike, but it is an investment in your health.
Tatiwat Kananuruk (TK)
Improvement Dave 