Drove all the way to work today in hopes of again having a bit more time to work on the sewing room addition we're hand-constructing at home. Couldn't resist the idea of another noon ride, this time with the usual liberal slather of sun-block.
Carrying the extra 8-pounder lead-acid battery in the rear pannier sure makes it sag. It also makes the pannier squat on top of the rear fender, which is plastic instead of metal, making the fender occasionally "sing" as it brushes the wheel underneath. An extra rattle developed on today's ride, which normally spells trouble, so I stopped under a big cottonwood tree west of the Rio Grande and looked things over. The front of the rear fender had been fastened for the last couple years with a black vinyl "Ty-Rap" fastener strip, which was now, of course, GONE. I keep a baggette of these strips in the pannier so I pulled out a couple and reattached it. This did not entirely cure the singing-fender problem but it cleared up the bothersome clicks and clacks previously prominent.
Though the bike trail/path is quite rough and bumpy in many areas along this route, it is a fun ride down to the Rio Grande and the Bosque from here.
I shouldn't take such rides, however. It's too often tempting to just keep going and never go back to work.
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Voltage: 12.2
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 12.11Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
09.6 Mph 11.4 mph 25.40 mph
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
1 hour, 15 mins 1 hr, 03 mins 12:29 mins
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