D'oh! At least you can imagine how much faster you'll be today!
On Aug 5, 4:42 am, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah sweet speed; and it's so much nicer when some yokel doesn't pass you, > then realize he's going way too fast and slam on his brakes! > > Yesterday I had my all time most embarrassing hill climbing experience. It > began by spending the morning up and down ladders painting windows until the > sun fried my brain. So I decided to jump on a bike and ride to my favorite > swimming hole; but first I swapped out the wheels to handle the two long > stretches of dirt roads. It's about a half hour ride in each direction and > goes up and over a steep hill in both directions. On the way out I noticed > some chain skip as I climbed in the 34/28. But it was on the way back that > things got "interesting." The return hill is about 1 1/4 miles and starts > up very gradually until it hits 10% for the last 300 yards. As you look up > the road it never looks very steep, but I've been climbing it for 20 years > and know that if I push too hard at the bottom I'll be cooked at the top. > Usually I climb it in a 34/28 combination, but I can't count how many times > I felt very tired and asked myself, "do I have a flat tire?" Well, > yesterday I was struggling in a 28/28 and asking that very question, so at > the top I stopped and check, and sure enough my front tire was down about > 50%! It's two more miles of dirt road to get home so I soldiered on, going > carefully down the other side of the hill. When I got into my yard, got off > the bike, and tried to roll it into my shop, it would not move. That's when > I looked at the rear wheel and saw that it had slipped from the dropout and > was jammed against the chainstay. Dah, light dawns slowly on marble head. > > Michael > hoping for a better ride today. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
