Can We Tawk?

Riverwalk yet again. This time went to the Mudpie and had a coffee. Felt silly standing and stinking in line behind a party of six who didn't know what they wanted, when all I wanted was a cup of joe. Eavesdropped on a UTC sorority girl talking about how Hair of the Dog is no longer hip.

Anyway, the ride was ok. I need either to get a better pump or switch my tubes to the old standard stems. My little emergency pump sucks, and my back tire needs air. I'm going to see if Harbor Freight or Tractor Supply sells a diverter and new style end, and if so, I'll modify my truck pump to have both ends.

Slack, in more ways than one...

Only ridden three times since the last post. Didn't post after the other two. Both were just 10 miles on the riverwalk, although my knee was giving me fits and I was tired. Today was 15 miles, roughly, from the dam to the far side of the Walnut St. bridge at Frazier Ave. This wasn't bad, probably because it was morning and I wasn't already tired. Hopefully I'll get more opportunities coming up.

Still getting used to it.

So, after a mini-vacation to Indy last weekend, I get back on the bike again this week, and boy does it hurt. It hurts for more reasons than just being 50 lbs heavier than before I got married (yes, I'm hitting 320 now). I've also got a bone chip in my right knee along with a small meniscal tear and some arthritic buildup on the underside of the kneecap found on a recent MRI. Add to that, my circulation problem I've had with my right leg for the past 8 years has now spread to my left leg as well make my feet hurt constantly. Dropping the weight will help with both, but sometime in the next month or so I'm going to have knee surgery, so the riding will stop for a while.

Anyway, 10mi on Tuesday and 10mi today. I hope to get to doing 15 four times a week and maybe longer rides on the weekend, but I'm less and less enthused about riding on the streets these days. It just isn't safe in most areas.

Brainerd Levee & Rolling Friction

Rode the 10 mile loop from the beginning of the Brainerd Levee at Shallowford to and around Camp Jordan and back on Thursday. That 10 miles, although flat, is much hard than the Riverwalk, because the rolling friction of gravel is much higher than that of asphalt.

Going to do the Riverwalk again this afternoon. I'm going to try for 12 miles this time. Then I get to go home and paint a ceiling. Woot.

IIIIIIIII'MMMmmmm Baaaaaaackkkkkkk!!!!!

Got a bike again (still need to pay for it) and rode 10 miles on the River Walk today. More to come later.

Missing Some Updates

I haven't been keeping this thing up like I should have. I missed posting about four or five rides on the River Walk, two with my lovely wife along. When the pollen got bad, she had to stay indoors and I went for longer rides, the longest being about 12 miles I believe. The battery is dead on the bike computer so I estimated from the car distance, but I can't remember if that included doubling the mileage to account for the trip back. I think it did, though.

Anyway, that screeching bearing needs fixing. I may do that this afternoon. I really need a new bike (or at least new to me).

Not dead, yet.

Road about 6 miles on the old, crappy mountain bike. Went up a decent hill, so I haven't lost everything. Hope to get the wife interested in a levee ride, sometime soon, and hope to have some money for a good bike before summer is over.

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