Pollen’s been filling the air since early April, this year. I’ve been braving the pollen storm and riding quite a bit in spite of feeling like I’ve got poison ivy in my sinuses and on my eyes. Here are a few pictures from some of my April rides, as well as a close-up of the NOS Suntour Symmetric downtube shifters now installed on the Miyata 610. although I miss the ratcheting clicks of the Suntour Power shifters, I much prefer downtube to stem-shiters.