The story is somewhat enhanced compared to what was posted on FB.
And I've tried to return to my style once described (by John Lee) as "verbose haiku".
[Yessss, that was name-dropping.]
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The purpose for today's ride: Someone to get her right shoulder to "lock up" such that it will be easier for her PT to understand what happens to that shoulder when she rides (even only a mile or two).
6 am start. WHAT are those clouds doing over there?
It was clear when I came outside at 5:30, and
Breeze out of the N, more or less.
First northward passage on Hickory Grove Rd, my fingers and hands are cold.
After we turned around, I "suggested" to Someone that we should pull into the gas station at the southern end of the 1-mile road so that I can put on pair of brown jersey work gloves under my short-fingers.
Ah, that is MUCH better.
Someone mentions that it is much lighter much earlier this week.
Seems to be about 21-minutes earlier sunrise as compared to last week.
Down Coley and up, rinse, repeat.
Heading for 50-miles.
However, just after the turn-around on the 4th loop of 5, zhip-zhip-zhip-zhip,
Something on my bike is rubbing!
Turned out the rear wheel had become "untrue" and was rubbing against the frame. Dang!
Turned I out I had broken a spoke -- my first ever broken spoke.
Nearly 78-thousand miles (of recorded) cycling history before my first broken spoke.
I putzed my way back to the cars to complete V-50 #3
(38.5-miles on return to the vehicles, 2:49 in-motion, 3h02 elapse)
Someone continued on to get her 50-miles.
As I noted previously, there is no stopping to take photos when riding with Someone on a 50-mile ride.
But since she rode on while I putzed on, I stopped at the upper (south) end of Coley to
Take some photos of the two ponds there.
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| I should be able to get a better pic than this but I need to figure out the best angle and composition (and an hour earlier would have helped, too). |
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| The other pond. At least for this one, the sun was behind me. |
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