so it was barely 50 degrees. who cars. no gloves, shorts? Brilliant. I was only out there for 27 minutes. not that long. and i had planned to go nice and low on the HR today, but decided to f'that when the legs felt pretty damn good. Hmm, two days off the bike? Not so bad.
This rest thing might work.
Tried getting the fuses to make solid contact. a slight twist (didn't break em) didn't work, bit of copper tape on there... didn't work either. Hell i probably pushed the contacts right out the back of the fuse box. And of course there isn't any good documentation on removing the fuse panel, oh well, probably straight forward. As long as I disconnect the battery first I should be okay. But working under the steering wheel in the driver's footwell sort of sucks for someone my freakish ogre size. But, it's gotta get done. That or I try and get it inspected and do it if they flag it and don't pass me.
So, no High beams but it's running okay. I think the idler tensioner is making a bit of a squeaky racket. But hey it's not brand new anymore.
Find anything wrong with this?
“Three of the biggest threats to our country are obesity, climate change, and shrinking energy supplies,’’ said Johnson. “Bikes are part of the solution to all three of those problems.’’Yeah me neither.
The ROW was an amazing event. If Tim does that ride next year I can see his "escort" growing substantially.
So there were a few incidents on the ride on Saturday. Mostly involved as I described in the comment section over at MKR's weblog, riding two abreast when conditions were not exactly well suited for it, not to mention the complete disregard for traffic laws that were inconvenient (red lights, stop signs, right of way, yeilds). List Jail. Love that phrase.
It got me thinking to how long I've been riding on the road, in groups. And it goes back to middle school and a week long cycle touring camping trip, before that the cycling was just riding around on quiet roads. And then in high school a bit and finally actually leading training rides on the roads in Southeastern CT in college. So, sporadically but regularly doing this shit for what, twenty five years. Now I'm not fast, nor have i won anything much more than a clydesdale race and a beginner's cyclocross category series. BUT I've ridden alot, helped people learn how to ride on the roads and get comfortable in traffic situations. Not to mention all the commuting I've done in Seattle, Maine, Michigan and RI.
One thing I feel fortunate about is being able to send an email to the team email and knowing that I would be happy to have who every shows up on the ride. Even the new guys. It is a nice feeling. Now if the ride hits another local list or two, well all bets are off as far as who shows up.
Okay - hitting the post insanity lull lack of motivation. Only problem is there's still a bit of a backlog... oof.
Oh well. Anyone want to ride out of PVD on sunday?
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