I vacillated between the heavy bike on 15 teeth in back & 43 up front (usually my Tuesday or Thursday bike) and my regular 16 teeth bike. There was no wind and low humidity and I went with 16. I rode the old Wednesday Route with the new Fortland st avoid detour.

Very fine weather and very few of us out there .

Just too busy a day but I managed 6.6 miles in 20 minutes

I thought to beat the humidity but it was still plenty humid out there.

Missed-out on a double today but inside went well.

I had tried for a 9 o’clock start but failed. 10 o’clock and I underestimated the humidity. Still it was a fine day out there.

I really wanted a double today but toils urged other.

Had strong visible peaks till the end; listening to the Debt Ceiling news broke my concentration.

My general riding-gear has 16 teeth which before I upgraded to 48 teeth in the front constituted my Climbing Gear. Now I specifically climb on 18 teeth and bop around the bike-paths on 16. I planned on a mix of climbing & sprinting but the wind dissuaded any Airport laps.

I fought-off some insistent cramps at mile 19; I haven’t cramped on a ride in 8 years or longer. It means I need to pedal much more often.

I missed the final sprint of the Giro so never saw the Manx Missile acquire the target one last time. So I rode Aurora for a few higher intensity plateaus than normal. Still a short ride but I had plans for a Halfbike ride too.

I didn’t expect the wind to be so strong but the Halfbike still handles hills very well. My legs never complain anymore and if you hold back on Stamping your way up a hill and instead just consistently push the front wheel up the hill the rear wheels lose the urge to sway hugely.

So it was my third crash too & this time I did some damage to Arachne. Bike Shop repaired it but it’s still depressing. I’ll need to come up with a plan for marauding canines.

Cut my proposed 10 miler into 2 rides.

Even though with the Gold Wheels for sprinting on the Light Bike both bikes are equally heavy the one with the Red PurFix wheels will always be called the Heavy Bike. Up there near 30 pounds is heavy.

Heavy [named Amabo] has 43 teeth up front & 15 in the rear and since I’ve had her longest is my most comfortable when pedaling. I feel more at home in that ratio than any other.

With 2 rides yesterday I feared I’d get about 20 or so today but managed the full 31.

I’ve made the pattern for this year at the back-loop of the park to be uphill past the High School & the back down to the Airport for 3/4ths of a lap.