 Re: Riding in the hood.
Okay today's stupid is my sign award goes to ME.
The weather here was 40 degrees and sunny so I took off to the mall to walk. When I got there after braving the traffic, I found that I had left my bike lock at home. I walked about a mile then took off before my bike wound being ridden away or in the back of someone's pickup.
I thought about Norman's lights and decided to get a lantern bulb on the way home. I tried an auto parts store then a drug store nobody sells lantern bulbs anymore. One guy told me that nobody replaces them they just buy new ones. I suppose the sporting goods dept of wallymart is my next stop.
So anyway I rode about five miles today the longest I have ridden at one time I think. I had done about the same amount but not in traffic.
Something I noticed though is that the more I ride the better the bike does. Part of that might be I am riding it at higher throttle but not full throttle by any means. Now I have a new concern.
Riding that bike is like siting on top of my washing machine when it is in the spin cycle. Lots of vibrations. I have no idea what that is either. It doesn't seem to make me too crazy so i guess I can live with it. At least the chain didn't fall off. The slack had increased by the time I got home though. Still it was a successful ride. I know now that I could run errands with the bike. |