I had a wierd ride today. Even though I've got a head cold, it's too nice to sit inside all day, so I headed out in the 55, sunny and absolutely calm weather for a road ride. Ride went as follows:
1. Flatted about 20 yards from home, no apparent reason. Just a leak in the tube that appeared out of nowhere.
2. Got out on the road for a while, stated to feel good. Stood up to put some power to the pedals and snapped the chain (not even at the powerlink, but in the middle of the chain). Cue a few minutes to fix the chain.
3. Cruising along some nice flat back road, this little $hit dog comes running out of nowhere showing a desire to chew on me. Had to hammer to get away from it for about 3/4 of a mile (little thing was pretty fast for a rat-dog).
4. Some dope running with traffic yells at me for passing him closely. Not like there's a road to my left or anything.
5. For some reason, a 2 mile stretch of my regular loop has been covered in fine gravel sometime in the last 4 days. Interesting to say the least, but at least I know a steel frame does a good job at muting road buzz. Control was a little sketchy though.
6. While on that gravel road, some dick in a huge pickup went blasting my by, showering me with bits of rock propelled at high speed. Thank god for glasses.
7. An old lady in a car stopped to chat with me while I was cooling down on the way back home. Just to chat. No particular reason to stop by lonliness.
Is there a full moon tonight or something? Weirdest ride I've had in a long time. At least it felt good.
And I also discovered that I cannot put a top swing derailleur on my Dawg because of the damn gusset at the seat/down tube junction. Anyone need a 952 TS/TP?
1. Flatted about 20 yards from home, no apparent reason. Just a leak in the tube that appeared out of nowhere.
2. Got out on the road for a while, stated to feel good. Stood up to put some power to the pedals and snapped the chain (not even at the powerlink, but in the middle of the chain). Cue a few minutes to fix the chain.
3. Cruising along some nice flat back road, this little $hit dog comes running out of nowhere showing a desire to chew on me. Had to hammer to get away from it for about 3/4 of a mile (little thing was pretty fast for a rat-dog).
4. Some dope running with traffic yells at me for passing him closely. Not like there's a road to my left or anything.
5. For some reason, a 2 mile stretch of my regular loop has been covered in fine gravel sometime in the last 4 days. Interesting to say the least, but at least I know a steel frame does a good job at muting road buzz. Control was a little sketchy though.
6. While on that gravel road, some dick in a huge pickup went blasting my by, showering me with bits of rock propelled at high speed. Thank god for glasses.
7. An old lady in a car stopped to chat with me while I was cooling down on the way back home. Just to chat. No particular reason to stop by lonliness.
Is there a full moon tonight or something? Weirdest ride I've had in a long time. At least it felt good.
And I also discovered that I cannot put a top swing derailleur on my Dawg because of the damn gusset at the seat/down tube junction. Anyone need a 952 TS/TP?
