My adventure today

monster · 09-13-2010, 03:42 PM

I wanted to do a 10-mile bike ride. I had so much to do, so I decided to kill several birds with one stone and bike to the new Walmart 6ish miles away to see what it was like/grab a few things we need.

Despite the fact that we like in an awesome college town with every amenity, we're right next to the countryside, and after one mile I was biking between corn field, then I switched onto the dirt roads -which was a little hairy in places, especially because there was a strong headwind, but oh so beautiful. Through meadows and corn fields and a wildlife preserve, past little ponds and huge red barns, over the level crossing and then after 5 miles Walmart popped up like a barnacle!

Just after I locked up my bike and got a cart, i got the dreaded phonecall just after school got out to say they'd missed the bus ....only they hadn't, they were just checking they were supposed to me on it... *phew* With a 30 minute ride home and then a 20 minute car ride to school, they'd've been waiting a long time.....

Found most of the stuff I need in a sparkly new Walmart not infested with the dregs of life like the one closer to me, hardly any line, then back home again, this time with a tail wind on the main section of dirt road (side wind most of the way, though). It is rather windy, but a gorgeous sunny 26Celcius (maybe 77F?)

12.5 miles, one hour's actual cycling and I'm still alive!

Lamplighter · 09-13-2010, 03:59 PM

Your second paragraph sounds a little like:
"Over the river and through the woods..."

But nevermind, sounds like you had a nice adventure and pleasant ride... Good on you for doing it.

monster · 09-13-2010, 04:00 PM

What?

Pete Zicato · 09-13-2010, 04:03 PM

If you really loved us you'd have taken pictures.

monster · 09-13-2010, 04:09 PM

Oh I thought about it, I thought about strapping the camera too the handlebar and taking video, but it was just too bumpy and I didn't really have time to be stopping. But next time I will.

LJ · 09-13-2010, 04:20 PM

oh, you forgot to get TP.... mind just popping back over?

monster · 09-13-2010, 04:53 PM

no problem

monster · 09-14-2010, 11:29 AM

Well today I rode to the park to walk with a friend (same as Friday 3-4 miles each way), but then after a 75 minute walk, I carried on and went all the way to my kids' school on the other side of town to run a couple of errands, and then home again. A good deal of the 13.7 miles was along the river and through the park, so that was nice, but boy those hills at the very end.... well they're a little easier after 5 miles than after 11.... but I still did them with a minimum speed of 5mph.

And I'm still alive, Although i haven't tried standing up yet.

Thank goodness I have been biking small distances all summer or I'd be really sore, but surprisingly, so far.... nothing! yay!

Pico and ME · 09-14-2010, 11:39 AM

Hows your butt? I tried biking a few summers back but gave up because of the seat. Actually, I need an old ladies bike where the seat is wider than mine and the handle bars are up to my shoulders. (Wait - that sounds more like a sting ray)

monster · 09-14-2010, 11:43 AM

My butt disappeared with all that running I've been doing! I have a nice seat, though. Not an old lady seat but padded and with some suspension.

monster · 09-14-2010, 11:43 AM

...and the bike seat's not bad, either, boom ka-ching!

Pete Zicato · 09-14-2010, 03:45 PM

Do you have a decent selection of gears?

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2010, 07:41 PM

Advice.

monster · 09-14-2010, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete Zicato

Do you have a decent selection of gears?

Yes, feels like it to me, it's a "24-speed" (although there's quite a bit of duplication)although it needs a tune up -I can't get it to change onto the lowest cog at the front, but (2:1) is pretty low -I rarely even use that and the top gear is high enough that I can get as fast as I want to with ease on the flat.

HungLikeJesus · 09-14-2010, 10:04 PM

You just need to get a little screwdriver and adjust the little screw.

09-13-2010, 03:42 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My adventure today I wanted to do a 10-mile bike ride. I had so much to do, so I decided to kill several birds with one stone and bike to the new Walmart 6ish miles away to see what it was like/grab a few things we need. Despite the fact that we like in an awesome college town with every amenity, we're right next to the countryside, and after one mile I was biking between corn field, then I switched onto the dirt roads -which was a little hairy in places, especially because there was a strong headwind, but oh so beautiful. Through meadows and corn fields and a wildlife preserve, past little ponds and huge red barns, over the level crossing and then after 5 miles Walmart popped up like a barnacle! Just after I locked up my bike and got a cart, i got the dreaded phonecall just after school got out to say they'd missed the bus ....only they hadn't, they were just checking they were supposed to me on it... phew With a 30 minute ride home and then a 20 minute car ride to school, they'd've been waiting a long time..... Found most of the stuff I need in a sparkly new Walmart not infested with the dregs of life like the one closer to me, hardly any line, then back home again, this time with a tail wind on the main section of dirt road (side wind most of the way, though). It is rather windy, but a gorgeous sunny 26Celcius (maybe 77F?) 12.5 miles, one hour's actual cycling and I'm still alive! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-13-2010, 04:00 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	What? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-13-2010, 04:03 PM	#4
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	If you really loved us you'd have taken pictures. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-13-2010, 04:09 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Oh I thought about it, I thought about strapping the camera too the handlebar and taking video, but it was just too bumpy and I didn't really have time to be stopping. But next time I will. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-13-2010, 04:20 PM	#6
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	oh, you forgot to get TP.... mind just popping back over? __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

09-13-2010, 03:59 PM	#2
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Your second paragraph sounds a little like: "Over the river and through the woods..." But nevermind, sounds like you had a nice adventure and pleasant ride... Good on you for doing it.

09-13-2010, 04:53 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no problem __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2010, 11:29 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well today I rode to the park to walk with a friend (same as Friday 3-4 miles each way), but then after a 75 minute walk, I carried on and went all the way to my kids' school on the other side of town to run a couple of errands, and then home again. A good deal of the 13.7 miles was along the river and through the park, so that was nice, but boy those hills at the very end.... well they're a little easier after 5 miles than after 11.... but I still did them with a minimum speed of 5mph. And I'm still alive, Although i haven't tried standing up yet. Thank goodness I have been biking small distances all summer or I'd be really sore, but surprisingly, so far.... nothing! yay! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2010, 11:39 AM	#9
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Hows your butt? I tried biking a few summers back but gave up because of the seat. Actually, I need an old ladies bike where the seat is wider than mine and the handle bars are up to my shoulders. (Wait - that sounds more like a sting ray)

09-14-2010, 11:43 AM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My butt disappeared with all that running I've been doing! I have a nice seat, though. Not an old lady seat but padded and with some suspension. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-14-2010, 03:45 PM	#12
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	Do you have a decent selection of gears? __________________ Talk nerdy to me.

09-14-2010, 07:41 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Advice. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-14-2010, 10:04 PM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	You just need to get a little screwdriver and adjust the little screw. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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