Second day in a row not riding in the rain. The humidity was high enough to make it seem like I was riding in the rain though. When I finished the ride at 1:42 it was 92 degrees with 50% humidity.

My legs were tired today. Yesterday after my ride I worked on the toilet in our half bath for 4 hours. Bending, lifting and odd positions made me one tired person when I gave up on removing the 30 year seat from the bowl. The new seat promises easy install and removal but the old seat did not have this feature. I think the only way the old seat will let loose is to drill out the plastic seat hinge bolts. This will be a Monday project after I ride.

Back to today’s ride to Huffman. With the tired legs I did a rare thing and took an Advil when I ate breakfast hoping it would let the hurting muscles feel better by the time I got home from church and Sunday school. I think it did a pretty good job letting me pedal into the 17 mph gusts with a resemblance of power. I didn’t want to take time to ride the full route to Huffman so I used the abbreviated route staying on FM1960 from Atascocita to Huffman and back. I biked 27.53 miles and despite the tired muscles averaged 15.3 mph.

The sky was almost all clouds and I expected some clouds to come together to rain but nothing happened; no compliant from me. The next several days the rain probability is 20% or less.

I saw several other bicyclists along the route, mostly in Kingwood. On the way to church I saw Ronnie, one of the group I rode with Saturday a week ago.

When I got home and put the Stradalli in the garage for some reason I pinched the rear tire, it was softer than it should’ve been. I went inside to cool down, clean up and eat lunch. My wife brought Hartz chicken after church so no need for us to cook. After a shower and eating I went to the garage to check the rear tire. It was flat so I brought it and the tools inside to take a look. It didn’t take long to find a piece of wire sticking out of the tire but it wasn’t the cause. It didn’t make to the inside of the tire forming a “U” and coming back out. I looked for another cause but couldn’t find anything so I removed the tube, aired it up and felt for escaping air. Almost opposite the valve stem a gush of air was coming out and I put a screw it in to mark the spot. I inspected the inside of the tire in the area where the hole lined up. A tiny piece of wire stuck out of the inside of the tire. I tried to pull it out put I couldn’t get a hold of it. Finally I got a nail and pushed from the outside and the wire disappeared. Patching the tube I put in back in the tire. This is the first patch on this tube since I switched tires several months a go. I will check my patch job in a couple of hours. Don’t want any problems for tomorrow’s ride.

Mileage:

• 210.28 miles this week
• 921.85 miles this month
• 3326 miles this year

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