2021 mileage: 2711.1
It amuses me now to remember that, at one point yesterday, I had considered doing my 31-plus mile round trip to Matthei this morning. One thing that I didn't record in yesterday's blog was a very unnerving incident: near the end of the ride, I was headed down a hill toward an intersection and the brakes WOULD NOT STOP the trike. I put as hard a death squeeze on them as I could, and I was able to just slow the trike slightly so that I could turn it somewhat, and the car approaching me saw me and turned also, so injury was avoided.
Given this, however, I felt it important to get the brakes checked, so I hauled the trike over to Wheels in Motion this morning, and it took a good chunk of the day to get it over there, have the work done, and then get it back home .... but I'm SO glad to have the work done. The mechanic was quite astonished that I had been riding with the brakes in the condition they were. I knew they were getting problematic, but I had evidently delayed much too long. However, now they are just heavenly in how well they work.
Anyway, I ended up being unable to ride until 5:15, after we got Michelle home, but it was a lovely spring evening, 67° and sunny, and I cut back and ended up only riding a round trip to Marsh Park (10.2 miles) in 1:05.
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