Good solo ride today. Solo ride of 46 miles at 17.0 average speed. Doing good today and feeling good. Ran into Rick and his friends at the coast. Had a good chat but they are pretty fast so I figured I'd roll out and as they caught me, it would be a good chance to capture them on video. Well I was ready, feeling good thinking I could get them as they rolled up and if I had to, I could speed up and hang with them for a bit and get some good fast footage.
I was doing pretty good and even thought about pulling over to the side to let them catch up as I was rolling pretty good and maybe half way back. But I didn't, just figured stay about 18 to get my 17 target average. And of course, about 2 minutes later, hiss hiss hiss!!! Freaking flat tire. No way I'll have it fixed before they catch up as it was a cut in the sidewall, very small but my tube looked like a snake bite. Not sure what happened, not a very old tire at all, my first GP5000 and I've heard bad things about them, hope it ain't true.
So I put a patch on the tire as well, somewhat of a boot. New tube then kept the pressure low. Seemed to do well on the return though but sadly I missed the video op. They did roll by and asked if I was good, surprised quite a few people asked. But I was good.
As I was fixing it, Sandra and Mark rolled by. I was surprised to see them. Then I ran into them later at the ARTIC center. Actually about 6 or 7 of the riders I know. They said, "I thought that was you on the side of the road" ha ha ha! Yup, it was me! Had a quick little chat with the Good looking old guy Eric ha ha!
They said that I ought to join them on a ride again sometime. But there are a few riders I am hoping to avoid, the dangerous ones ha ha! I like the friendship thing but just too many lousy unskilled dangerous riders. Trying to keep myself safe and healthy during these times. If I break my collarbone, or get hit by a car chasing one of the lousy riders, I'll end up in the hospital alone and with some hefty bills I don't need right now, or ever! So to join another ride with the group, it would have to be maybe like 4 of us, the safe ones ha ha!
But I actually felt good today other than the flat tire. And actually that was no big deal. I get pissed sometimes cause a flat can ruin all the fun, bastards! But today I just tried to be my cool mellow self and just take care of it ha ha!
I did have a crazy encounter. One chick out there looks like some gal I see on instagram who posts pics on the trail every now and then. She goes by The Cycling Dietician. She's like a few of my pics and vice versa. So as I was fixing my flat, almost done, she and a guy went flying by. Later I caught her, not sure where the guy was at the moment, ahead I guess. She looked exactly like the gal I see on IG, Hispanic but light hair and pig tails. As I rolled by, I asked, "ARE YOU THE CYCLING DIETICIAN"? She shouted, "THE WHAAAAAT?!?!".
Oops, sorry, never mind ha ha! So I just rolled on by and continued my ride feeling good today!
Freaking Flat !!!
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