The Curse continues, but a good ride
I am still waiting for parts for my bike to be repaired so by Monday morning I was sick of waiting. I packed up and headed out on the SC-30 back up beater. It was record heat, but it would have been horribly wrong to complain. I had sort of wanted to get a computer for the backup bike but had put it back yesterday when I bought a lock and pedals for the wife.
I had decided that if I rode to performance I would reward myself with the computer. Mostly the trail was better than before, although rutted. There were several spots that were still under water. I don't mean that
there were just puddles. There were half block sections of muck.
There were a lot of people out in some sections. The Des Plaines River is still running way over the underpasses as I went past it. That would not be an option. I turned right (South) at Lake bluff and things eventually thinned out traffic wise. When I jumped off the trail at lake cook aka county line road after going through Revinia the cranks seemed loose so I coasted as much as I could the rest of the way to the shop.
I told the mech my woes and I think because I was plastered in mud and looked hard core if rotund he fit me in (even though he told the next guy 3 weeks) He repacked the barrings and tightened the cranks. He told me to tell the register guy just 10$ for labor, not to tell them of the service. That's class in my book.
On the way home I took a detour down through what used to be part of Fort Sheridan housing I think to get a couple picks of the lake. You coast all the way down and pay for it to get back to Sheridan road. I made it to the Shell station by Dairy dream before the cranks were loose again. I called in an air strike (Wife with car) and took the wheels off and waited a few minutes. We took it straight to Tim's and got there just as they were closing. He thinks he can rethread it and insert a sealed cartridge for the cranks so the problem does not reoccur so easily. [insert Queen's 'Another one bites the dust' here] On the way home my wife was very nice and patient. She even suggested that I buy a new bike, but since there was a inference of colorful metaphor es attached I think I will wait until we have a house.
there were just puddles. There were half block sections of muck.There were a lot of people out in some sections. The Des Plaines River is still running way over the underpasses as I went past it. That would not be an option. I turned right (South) at Lake bluff and things eventually thinned out traffic wise. When I jumped off the trail at lake cook aka county line road after going through Revinia the cranks seemed loose so I coasted as much as I could the rest of the way to the shop.
I told the mech my woes and I think because I was plastered in mud and looked hard core if rotund he fit me in (even though he told the next guy 3 weeks) He repacked the barrings and tightened the cranks. He told me to tell the register guy just 10$ for labor, not to tell them of the service. That's class in my book.
On the way home I took a detour down through what used to be part of Fort Sheridan housing I think to get a couple picks of the lake. You coast all the way down and pay for it to get back to Sheridan road. I made it to the Shell station by Dairy dream before the cranks were loose again. I called in an air strike (Wife with car) and took the wheels off and waited a few minutes. We took it straight to Tim's and got there just as they were closing. He thinks he can rethread it and insert a sealed cartridge for the cranks so the problem does not reoccur so easily. [insert Queen's 'Another one bites the dust' here] On the way home my wife was very nice and patient. She even suggested that I buy a new bike, but since there was a inference of colorful metaphor es attached I think I will wait until we have a house.
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The Pictures were doing some funky stuff so I reformated the post a little. The text was running into the pictures.
Is the little red trike your new Bent???
Maybe that will be in the shop less...
The first pic was my bike before the ride, the 2nd pic (the little trike) was at a little velo influenced park near highland park HS right before a short road section of the route
Nice pics and nice story. You should try the little red trike, looks like it has fewer components to kill!
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