Sunday Morning Ride

Instead of watching le Tour I went for a ride to Alpine. I noticed the read tire was getting soft at about the 10 mile mark so I stopped, ate a granola bar, and inspected the tire. It had a big staple in it, so I replaced the tube. Two people stopped to see if I needed help, one guy on a bike and one guy in a truck who made a u-turn just to see if I was ok. That was nice. I sat on a big thorn. Ouch!

I continued on to Alpine. I stopped at the rec. center to fill up my water bottle but the drinking faucett was busted. I found another one in the park area but I could only get the bottle half-full. I ate half a granola bar to stave off starvation. The rec. center is my normal turn-around point, so I did and headed back. At about the 30 mile point I notice the FRONT tire was getting soft. I rode it to the school/ball park on Greenfield Dr. (around 40 mile point) and changed it there. Obviously it was a very SLOW leak! I also ate the rest of the granola bar.

My Zefal HPX pump seems to be getting tired. It is rather hard to pump and it took 40 strokes to get to 40psi. I guess I probably should get a new one, I've had that one since, geez, 1995?

This isn't the longest ride since my surgery, but it was the hilliest!

I felt kinda tire when I started out, but after about 20 miles I started to feel ok. Especially after the first granola bar kicked in!

So, the week's mileage total is 90 miles.