woah biking!!
Aug. 25th, 2018 01:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nosrednaydujDiscovered that the weather was congenial and I could blow off some morning meetings, so I could ride my bike home from work on Thurs and then back in on Fri. Then today, Ken wanted to go on a long ride, so we went up Great Blue Hill!
Adventures were had. On Thursday I hit a pothole, and 1/2 mile later noticed my odometer wasn't recording. Well, that happens sometimes, so I got off to poke at the wires. While at it, I noticed my front wheel was wiggly! What? The quick release had released. You know how in recent years (like the last 40...) they've made forks so that it's a little fiddly to get the wheel out when you want to change a flat? Well this is why they did it! So I could ride along instead of crashing, even with my quick release failed. It wasn't fatal, I was able to get it tight again and get on my way.
Today's adventure was that my rear tire seems to have acquired a slow leak. Halfway up Great Blue a hiker commented "you know your tire is kind of flat?" Well, no, I didn't know... Pumped it up, continued up the hill (not making it all the way, had to push on the short 12% pitch). Rested at the top, admired the view for a bit, then pumped it up again. It had gotten down to about 60psi during the short ride and the break. Dithered about whether to change the tire there, at a Dunkin Donuts further down the hill where maybe I could use the bathroom after to get clean, or just stop and pump up a few times on the return. Elected for the last, because I want to try the wheel from my old bike in this one so changing the flat might be wasted effort. It only took 2 times of stopping to pump up, though it was down to 30 both times.
Sunday: 12
Monday: 23.54 to waltham
Tuesday: 6
Thursday: 25.34 recorded in 2:21 for an average of 10.8
Friday: 25.81 in 2:22 for an average of 10.8
Saturday: 21.77 up Great Blue in 1:59 for an average of 10.9
Total for the week: 114. Sunday and Tuesday are estimates, I didn't know I would get anywhere close to 100 for the week so I didn't record it.
Adventures were had. On Thursday I hit a pothole, and 1/2 mile later noticed my odometer wasn't recording. Well, that happens sometimes, so I got off to poke at the wires. While at it, I noticed my front wheel was wiggly! What? The quick release had released. You know how in recent years (like the last 40...) they've made forks so that it's a little fiddly to get the wheel out when you want to change a flat? Well this is why they did it! So I could ride along instead of crashing, even with my quick release failed. It wasn't fatal, I was able to get it tight again and get on my way.
Today's adventure was that my rear tire seems to have acquired a slow leak. Halfway up Great Blue a hiker commented "you know your tire is kind of flat?" Well, no, I didn't know... Pumped it up, continued up the hill (not making it all the way, had to push on the short 12% pitch). Rested at the top, admired the view for a bit, then pumped it up again. It had gotten down to about 60psi during the short ride and the break. Dithered about whether to change the tire there, at a Dunkin Donuts further down the hill where maybe I could use the bathroom after to get clean, or just stop and pump up a few times on the return. Elected for the last, because I want to try the wheel from my old bike in this one so changing the flat might be wasted effort. It only took 2 times of stopping to pump up, though it was down to 30 both times.
Sunday: 12
Monday: 23.54 to waltham
Tuesday: 6
Thursday: 25.34 recorded in 2:21 for an average of 10.8
Friday: 25.81 in 2:22 for an average of 10.8
Saturday: 21.77 up Great Blue in 1:59 for an average of 10.9
Total for the week: 114. Sunday and Tuesday are estimates, I didn't know I would get anywhere close to 100 for the week so I didn't record it.
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Date: 2018-08-28 03:12 pm (UTC)