triadruid

• Took my first bike ride of the season yesterday
  • The trip up to Red Bridge is a lot easier when you have gears that work reliably - thanks kittenpants!
  • Yay shock absorbers!
  • Yay brakes, since I nearly got creamed at Minor Drive & Holmes, again.
• The dog was off his line again when we got home last night.
  
• Something unexpected may have started thawing out... (cryptic, but that's all I can say at the moment)
• I found my first (attached) tick this morning.

Also, new icon.

So this morning I decided to ride my new* bike to the store, since we only needed one thing (kitty food). So I oiled up the chain and gears which badly needed it, checked the tires (only a little low), and set out.

Wow. Not only does this town lack continuous sidewalks, bike lanes, or drivers who know what a bicycle is when they see it (ahh, there's the root word of the problem, see), the gas station air pumps are apparently not designed to interface with bicycle valve stems anymore?? My 50¢ only let the air out of my tires, without being helpful in any way.

Bleh. At least I made it there and back without dying of either cars or heat, and the cat is no longer wasting away to nothing.

* Okay, garage-sale re-issue for $5.

P.S. Anybody got an old bike air pump they're not using anymore?