Made it outside... on a bike

It wasn't bad out there. A bit windy but I just took the CX bike, all singlespeeded up and squishy fat tires, put some air in it and got 18 miles or so in. A bit low in the back tire - pretty squirmy on pavement making turns but the little bit of dirt and sand was perfect.

Did some thinking. Wound up swinging through the RISD farm/beach. Remembered what happened there 5 years ago. Was that really 5 years ago...  there are a lot of elements woven into that day, but the thread I keep holding on to is that I had a lot of friends show up for my bandit race. And that was really cool. I should do another one like that before too long.

Lots of talk on twitter about spring adventure/dirt rides this evening. I'm pretty stoked for it. Today was a bit of a test. How did I feel kind of ride.

I did the ride on two coffees and no calories since before bed last night. No water with me, didn't need it. The single speed was way under geared with the tailwind but that was good - helped focus on form and just pedaling. It was pretty good for the headwinds given the level of effort, hard but not too hard. I poked around mostly in barrington. came home, ate a bit of taco salad, had some more coffee, a shower, made dinner, am now trying to lull myself to sleep so I can wake up way early tomorrow and get the kid to school and me to work. The one car thing means I'll be dropping kid off and coming back home and riding in.

I did not touch the Volvo today. Didn't even really think about it much. Would be easier to diagnose if it was running and there were symptoms to use to track it all down. But it is going to have to sit and wait until the weekend. I need a mental break from it, worst case it gets towed somewhere. Where? I dunno. Somewhere with volvo factory code reading capacity incase there's some funky weird level shit going on. Cheaper than buying a new car.

It is 2019, the bike ride got me thinking a bit more. I need to get that other Blue working. My adventure/long haul bike. Crazy how much those two bikes made a difference. I suppose I should get the paramount's fork repaired and put that back into the rotation, but for now it would be enough to get the Black blue running. I might just need to order an adapter rather than keep looking for the one i have. But that's silly, I have it, I just don't know where it is! Well I know where but have to dig through a bit of a mess to hopefully find it in one of two places it is hiding.

But pedaling was good. Tomorrow I'll jump back on the Crossrip+ assist my way to work.

I didn't get the car working but I'm okay with that, the bummer side of it not working has slipped, I spent a good amount of time working on it and I needed today to be chill, to ride, to relax, to recover a bit going into the start of this month.  I'm a bit anxious about working the hundo in but it'll happen, I'll find a way to make it work. And hopefully a weather window that is not terrible to ride to boston in.

Kind of a pointless web log post, but not really, A good reminder to myself to not get lost in the moment of frustration, to just work through it, do your best, even if it isn't the most you can do, it is something more than nothing and even a little has value.

gonna read a bit and hopefully close my eyes early tonight

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