August, as predicted, was my lowest-mileage month in awhile — 466 miles. For the year, that puts me at 4356 miles, within shouting distance of my 4500 goal.

Recumbent-wise, it was again a pitiful showing, with only one ride of 21 miles, with everything else coming on the mountain bike.

Guess I’ll have to admit it: I like riding the mountain bike, and for now at least, I like it more than riding the ‘bent.

Am I giving up on the ‘bent for good? I don’t think so. I still think a recumbent is an outstanding touring machine, and it’s the natural machine for multi-day tours. The mountain bike is not really optimized for long rides, day after day.

At least I don’t think it is — I haven’t actually tried that yet.

But, for now at least, I’m going to keep on keeping on, riding the bent or the upright as the mood strikes me on a given day. Which way that’ll fall, time will tell….