I’m telling ya, that bike just does not want to be ridden.
Last night, before my ride, I went to prep the bike and make sure all is working. There is nothing worse than getting all dresses up in full winter gear, so stand in my basement to work on a bike, sweating, right before a ride.
So, tire pressure, check. Hitting all the gears properly, check. Rear hub seems a little sloppy. Tighten the cones and such, check. Lube the chain, check. Put on new light mount and make sure light works, check. Remember that the saddle height was a tad low, so raise the saddle….no check. That is where the issue came in. Apparently my brute strength broke the seat post collar bolt.
There is nothing like hearing that cracking sound. Luckily, I have quite the stable of bikes to choose from, so I grabbed another collar and got ‘er running.
Once I was out, it was a nice night for riding. Temps in the low 30s, sled trails all to my self, nuttin to complain about. Total, I did about 2 hours, and the back was in good shape for all but about the last 10 minutes. I expected that, so it wasn’t anything new or anything to be concerned about. Pretty status quo riding.
Not sure if I will take out the Pugs again tonight or ride the trainer….probably the pugs as I really don’t want to do the trainer. Plus, I have myself scheduled for some trainer time Monday or Tuesday of next week for some testing….so I need to stay away from it as much as I can until then..
