Got Dollar out of the shop yesterday after some fairly expensive repairs. The bike dude said the problem was the rear gear mechanism simply...wore out. Looking at the odometer, I put 220 miles on it since August, but you'd think the stuff would last longer. Not the case. He replaced a bunch of stuff and the bill came to half of what I paid for the damn bike in the first place.
But I needed to get out something bad, so Dollar and I hit the road this morning. First uncomfortable discovery: the gear shift on the right is backwards to what I used to. Instead of 1 (one) being the lowest setting, it's now the highest setting. That took a while to get used to, and when I'm done here, I'm taking Dollar back to get that fixed. Second uncomfortable finding: I haven't been working out and I had no stamina. Small hills that I used to climb with no problem were mountains and big hills became sheer cliffs. There were three distinct times in the ride when I had no power in my legs and sort of waffled along until the feeling past. And did I mention the bitchin' headwind coming in from the west?
But I motored on and did Three Albertsons and a River, anyway, because it was a freaking beautiful day out there (thus proving The Bride right: I'm nuts, but oy, am I gonna feel it for the rest of the day).
This was taken from Arrowhead Road looking into the valley next to the Carson River on the other side of Prison Hill.
If you're keeping track:
- Took Richmond to Fifth Street to Curry.
- South on Curry, then east on Clearview, then north on Edmonds.
- East on Fifth, then the Carson River Road to Arrowhead
- West on Highway 50 to Goni, then around the curve to College Parkway to Ormsby
- Around Ormsby to Winnie to Ash Canyon, then home
Distance: 21.8 miles
Time: 1 hour 58:39 minutes
1092 calories burned
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