Wow what a ride. I wasn't really expecting to ride that far. Mostly because I was experiencing some chafing from a bad idea. I thought that if I shaved the hair under my ball sack it would relieve some of the discomfort of sitting sitting on a bike seat. Unfortunately that would mean I have to shave down there or the stubble would make life worse. All that put aside though it actually doesn't hurt while I'm in the saddle, only when I walk. So I started from NASSCO thinking that I would go to Santa Fe Station downtown and ride the trolley the rest of the way home. Not even half way there how ever though I figuer that it would be a bit crowded on the trolley at Santa Fe, not alot of room maybe for a bike, so I should go to Old Town instead. No Problem I've ridden that far before. The only problem is CalTran in it's ineptitude has a road construction project that has completely obliterated the bike lane on the Pacific Highway just outside of M.C.R.D. . I've been down that road 100 yds from the last entrance to the highway the trail disappears and traffic is diverted to share the two lanes, as if a bike that travels 20mph could compete with the rest of vehicular traffic that travels 70. The speed limit there is 50 so I know the slowest vehicle is at least 10 mph over, but even at fifty that isn't the best way to survive for another day to take the chance. So I had to find another way around. There is one but it requires me to get off my bike and walk on a platform that fit either me or my bike not both. Got to love Caltran for spending Millions of Dollars to support vehicle traffic that will in the end cost billions of dollars to clean up after, and completely forget about cyclist that may use that same venue.
At Old Town I got on the trolley and was going to the end of the line but instead decided to stop at Fashion Valley on the way back. Beats me why I changed my mind but I along a path I didn't even know existed and came out Mission Valley center, I love when I discover new stuff.
At Mission Valley Center I got into my mind that it would be a good thing to get my bike tuned. I mean it's been sitting on Leona's porch for over a year so it could use a least a little cleaning. When a returned after the perscribed two Hours my bike was still on the rack so I figured that it a lot more fucked up then I thought. Turned out it was just that my back rim has a flat spot so he had to compensate on the brakes. So Eventually I'm going to need a new back rim. On the way home my rims started to make a funny screeching noises. At first I thought it was the warped back wheel hitting the brake pad, no problem. As I progressed though I notice the noise was also coming from the front wheel also. Not only that but it was getting louder than the back one. Turns out though that the front wheel was put on crooked. I have quick releases so the fix was quick. Just loosen spin the tire, so it will center it self and tension again.