On short rides and recovery

Saturday I bought a lockring tool from Velotique, it did not come on a nice long arm, instead I am supposed to use a wrench, but finding a wrench was a complex job, as it turns out the thing requires a 1" hex socket. Just for kicks I want to have a go of removing my cassette and putting it back on. After several days of searching I finally found the socket I need for that lockring.

Today I was renewing my auto insurance and the guy from the insurance company and I were talking about the price of gas, he rides a motorcycle and he was peeved that he had to cough up $20 for a fill up. Then we bemoaned the price of repairs. I love my bike, I have probably logged a couple thousand kilometers and haven't stopped at a gas station once! (Okay that was a really lame joke, sorry!) If there is a problem I can usually fix it, and if I cannot fix it myself, its a lot cheaper to go to Cycle Solutions than it is to go to some auto shop.

Last night I went out to Brimely and down the bluffs to the water then I climbed back up the bluffs and went home. It took an hour to cover about 21.5km. And no, I don't feel bad about my speed, climbing the Bluffs is not a trivial exercise, actually I'm not even too upset that I had to walk the last ten meters. I am upset that I forgot to downshift, because had I remembered that I was actually in a pretty high gear I probably would have taken that hill with a lot less effort. (But then I also would have missed the whole point of a steep climb.)

Today besides the rat race ride into and home from work I won't be doing any riding and tomorrow I will do a 90km ride, the Steady State Saturday ride with the Beaches Club - who else! But the nice thing about the Steady States is we go real gentle, which is a good thing because Sunday is, oh my god can we please take it easier, Psycho Sunday ride. (Not to be confused with 'Laurie, Jeezus you aren't getting my life insurance if you kill me Tuesday's'.)

I need a name for my bike, I'm sick of calling her the Roubaix, mostly because typing all that is a real pain, but it does help that she has a personality and a gender. If anyone can think of a suitable name for a speed daemon, post a comment. Although I reserve the right to completely ignore suggestions that I don't like.

Funny thing, when I started this blog I thought I'd spend a lot of time talking about skating. I have not thrown those Bonts on in ages. All the oxygen for one passion got sucked away by another passion, oh well!