Well, it was a fine ride today, 90+ degrees out and a headwind going west from Decatur IL. 35 mile ride by car on interstate and about 5o miles going through the country. made it there and back on a gallon and a half of fuel- 115 miles round trip. Iam a little fried from the sun , but it was a great ride.
three of us went and no more than we got out of town- one guy had a massive sprocket break on his set up.
and so he disconnected the motor chain and started pedaling to the nearest town. as this was gonna take a while I pushed him about a mile into town. Now get this, I was pushing on his rear luggage carrier with my left hand, and riding with loud handle with the other hand. and being only a foot or so (arms length) from the other guys rear tire with your front tire! yeah, let me tell ya! cool thing was, I was not only help pushing him but I was running 30mph while doing it! It was Awesome.
We found some Angels in this town who had a welder that we could use. we made repairs and was back on the road incident free for the rest of the trip But we made it to Springfield our next adventure will be in Monroe WI. June 12,13 then then a Ride to Pana Il Bike show June 27 and then were planning a fall ride to Champaign IL. then were gonna ride East out of state. Every ride is a ride to say "Ive been there on my bike" far from home, a few tools, injinuity, and and you can go the distant! sorry for the rambling and sorry no pics were taken of this adventure.
three of us went and no more than we got out of town- one guy had a massive sprocket break on his set up.
and so he disconnected the motor chain and started pedaling to the nearest town. as this was gonna take a while I pushed him about a mile into town. Now get this, I was pushing on his rear luggage carrier with my left hand, and riding with loud handle with the other hand. and being only a foot or so (arms length) from the other guys rear tire with your front tire! yeah, let me tell ya! cool thing was, I was not only help pushing him but I was running 30mph while doing it! It was Awesome.We found some Angels in this town who had a welder that we could use. we made repairs and was back on the road incident free for the rest of the trip
But we made it to Springfield our next adventure will be in Monroe WI. June 12,13 then then a Ride to Pana Il Bike show June 27 and then were planning a fall ride to Champaign IL. then were gonna ride East out of state. Every ride is a ride to say "Ive been there on my bike" far from home, a few tools, injinuity, and and you can go the distant! sorry for the rambling and sorry no pics were taken of this adventure.
