Very Spotty APRS Tracking through Tijeras Canyon as Usual
Jacque got a wild hair to go for a Human Powered Vehicle ride today, so we again did the routine where I rode mine all the way from home to Albuquerque and she drove in to Los Altos Park and rode from there. The basic idea was for me to get in a longer ride and call her on the cell phone when I got to "Town" and meet her somewhere and ride around a bit more together.
The wind was very strong and face-on most of the way south into Tijeras and west along Rt. 66 into ABQ, but the weather was so warm it again felt good to have it cooling me off in spite of also slowing me down.
I stopped at One Stop Office in Tijeras just in case just in case they had a received package for me, and sure enough they did. Very nice folks there, they provide office supplies and shipping and receiving services for the East Mountains. If you're like us and UPS and FedEx have trouble finding your home out in the sticks, or need a secure place for your UPS package to be dropped off (instead of finding it somwhere in your yard or down the road from your house) you should consider using One Stop. Very reasonable.
Back at the ranch, or old US 66, by the time I got through the canyon into Albuquerque it was after 2 PM (I left home about noonish, my bad) I was so heated up I called Jacque to see where she was and decided to just wait for her in the shade next to her Ford Exploder. Trouble is, right after we hung up, I put the cell phone back in one of the side pockets of my cargo pants where I failed to hear several frantic calls from Jacque trying to inform me she'd suddenly experienced a flat on her left front tire on her trike.and needed rescue. I only noticed her missed calls when I finally decided she was running much later than the 45 minutes she'd predicted for returning. Was I ever in the dog-house, and of course rightfully so. Finally I was able to rush to her aid and load her and Tinkerbell and the trike up into the SUV. Thankfully she cooled off quickly and was OK, though we're disappointed at the difficulty of keeping her tires inflated. When we bought the Catrike we paid extra for Kevlar tire liners but a teensey sticker penetrated the sidewall just at the edge of the Kevlar liner and created a not-so-slow leak. I have patched it twice, and what a hassle it is to get these 16 inch tires off their rims! I have to struggle with it mightily to get the tire off the rim, the tubes are tiny and hard to get a large enough area dressed for a patch, and evidently the tube is so small the patches have trouble maintaining good adhesion - I am a pretty accomplished bike mechanick and tire patcher but after two tries on this same tire I'm done. I already tried to order spare tubes for these wheels and I am unable to find 16 X 1.35 tubes anywhere. So we're going to bite the bullet and pay extra to have 20" wheels mounted on the front of the trike. The rear is already a 20-incher, and thus this will allow us to use a single spare tube or tire for all 3 wheels, AND hopefully make it easier for me to service the tires
Beginning Battery Voltage: 12.7 Ending Voltage: 12.7
Ride's Lowest Temperature: 80.6 degrees F -- Highest Temperature: 82.4 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 19.45
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
07.9 MPH 10.7 MPH 35.1 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2hours 27 mins 1 hours 48 mins 38 mins
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